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Randy Meisner was a co-founding subordinate of The Eagles, the ultra-famous stone set that roseate to fame successful the 1970s. Sadly, the radical confirmed the precocious 77-year-old’s passing connected Jul. 27, 2023. “The Eagles are bittersweet to study that founding member, bassist, and vocalist, Randy Meisner, passed distant past nighttime (July 26) successful Los Angeles astatine property 77, owed to complications from Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary illness (COPD),” the official statement connected their website began.
Randy Meisner was a co-founding subordinate of The Eagles. (Shutterstock)
“As the archetypal bass subordinate for the pioneering country-rock group, Poco, Randy was astatine the forefront of the philharmonic gyration that began successful Los Angeles, successful the precocious 1960s,” the connection continued. Randy co-founded The Eagles with the precocious Glenn Frey, Don Henley, and Bernie Leadon. He is credited for moving connected assorted albums with the group, including: Eagles, Desperado, On The Border, One of These Nights, and Hotel California. Amid his passing, beneath is everything to cognize astir Randy’s 2 previous marriages.
Randy Meisner’s First Wife
The “Take It to the Limit” hitmaker archetypal got joined successful 1963 to a pistillate named Jennifer Barton. Randy’s archetypal matrimony came earlier his monolithic occurrence with The Eagles and lasted astir 20 years. The precocious bassist ended his marriage with Jennifer successful 1981, conscionable 4 years aft helium near the band. Notably, erstwhile Randy joined his archetypal wife, helium was inactive successful his teens, arsenic helium was astir 17 years old, per NPR.
Randy Meisner’s Second Wife, Lana Meisner
Nearly 20 years aboriginal successful 1996, Randy recovered emotion erstwhile more. That year, helium joined his precocious wife, Lana Rae, who helium dated for galore years prior. The 2 had a agelong narration that was sadly chopped abbreviated aft Lana’s abrupt decease successful Mar. 2016, per PEOPLE. The precocious brunette quality accidentally fatally changeable herself astatine the couple’s location successful Los Angeles, per CBS News. Her decease took spot 7 years anterior to Randy’s.
Soon aft Lana’s abrupt passing, Randy asked a justice for the “temporary conservatorship for himself,” according to CBS News. At the time, Randy noted that helium was “barely capable to judge the abrupt and tragic nonaccomplishment of his loving wife.” The outlet besides revealed that the brace had a “tumultuous marriage.” Additionally, tribunal docs obtained by the outlet claimed that the precocious instrumentalist suffered from “bipolar disorder, traumatic encephalon wounded and substance abuse.” Randy’s lawyer astatine the time, Bruce Fuller, noted that Lana and her precocious spouse “loved each different very, precise deeply.”
Randy Meisner’s Kids
Randy Meisner near The Eagles (pictured) successful 1977. (Everett)
Randy welcomed each 3 of his kids with his archetypal wife, Jennifer. Their archetypal son, Dana Scott Meisner, was calved successful Nov 1963, portion their twins, Heather Leigh and Eric Shane Meisner, were calved successful May 1970. It is unclear if Randy’s kids maintained a narration with their begetter arsenic adults and successful the years starring up to his death. However, the 2016 CBS News nonfiction noted that astatine the time, helium was estranged from his kids.
The aforesaid outlet reported that “all three” of his kids “filed petitions successful enactment of the 2015 impermanent conservatorship.” Eric reportedly claimed that his narration with his dada shifted aft Randy divided from Jennifer. “Lana has been isolating my begetter from his household for implicit 30 years,” Eric allegedly wrote astatine the time, per CBS News. “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.” It is unclear what their narration was astatine the clip of his decease successful 2023.
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