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Randy Meisner was 1 of 4 original, founding members of the Eagles erstwhile the legendary state stone set was formed successful Los Angeles successful 1971. Randy, who died astatine the property of 77 connected July 27, 2023, of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary disease, was instrumental successful the band’s aboriginal successes, close connected done its six Grammy Award wins, 5 American Music Award trophies, six fig 1 albums, and 5 fig 1 singles.
Behind the scenes, Randy was besides a begetter — helium welcomed 3 children during his life, 2 of them twins. Amid quality of the enormously talented musician’s death, here’s what we cognize astir Randy Meisner’s troubled narration with his children successful his aboriginal years.
Dana Scott Meisner
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Randy married his precocious schoolhouse sweetheart Jennifer Lee Barton in 1963, and the young mates subsequently welcomed their eldest child, lad Dana Scott Meisner, that aforesaid year. Dana is present 60 years old. Though small is known astir Dana, helium did aboveground into the nationalist spotlight successful 2016 aft the bassist’s 2nd wife, Lana Rae, died successful a tragic shooting accident.
Sadly, Randy’s lawyer Bruce Fuller said astatine the clip that helium “was and is” retired of declaration with his children astatine the time, per CBS News. Before the mishap that near Lana dead, CBS reported that Dana, on with his siblings, had sought impermanent conservatorship implicit their begetter implicit concerns that Lana was “enabling” an alleged drinking problem. According to the quality outlet, Dana had go profoundly progressive successful the play with his stepmother. He allegedly accused her of fanning the flames of strife wrong the troubled household and said she “got my begetter into an alcohol-induced rage” implicit a petition for wealth for a car repair.
Heather Leigh and Eric Shane Meisner
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Heather Leigh and Eric Shane Meisner are Randy’s twins, calved 7 years aft Dana successful May of 1970. Information connected Heather and Eric is besides scarce, but similar their older brother, they were progressive successful the play surrounding Randy’s narration with their stepmother Lana.
Per CBS News, Heather wrote successful a conservatorship petition that she “controls who tin talk to my father, and who cannot,” arsenic good arsenic leveling an accusation that Lana had a peculiar password for unit astatine a residential halfway to cognize who to let to speech to him.
However, Randy, estranged from his children wholly astatine the time, allegedly told a psychiatrist during a 2015 valuation that helium believed his ex-wife Jennifer was moving successful tandem with his girl to region Lana from his beingness and to “control his money.”
Tragically, Eric was besides involved. He wrote successful a petition that “Lana has been isolating my begetter from his household for implicit 30 years. My begetter has repeatedly stated his emotion for his household and his tendency to beryllium with us, but Lana continually interferes with his narration with us.”
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