Former Skid Row singer Johnny Solinger has died at the age of 55 a month after revealing he was suffering from liver failure.
The rock star had announced on his Facebook page in May that he was hospitalized after being diagnosed with liver failure.
Solinger’s wife, actress Paula Marcenaro Solinger, confirmed the musician’s death. “He passed yesterday while I was holding his hand,” she told USA TODAY on Sunday morning.
Marcenaro wrote Saturday night on Facebook, two hours after telling fans “He went in peace, I have made the decision to transition to comfort care. It is time to let him go … I wish I could have done more. I wish I could have saved him. I’m so sorry, Johnny Solinger. I’m so sorry.”
Solinger joined the popular band, Skid Row, in 1999 as a replacement for Sebastian Bach. He said farewell to the group in 2015 and was replaced by Tony Harnell. Solinger is on several Skid Row albums, including the Thickskin, Revolutions per Minute, United World Rebellion and Rise Of The Damnation Army, according to TMZ.