RonnieMontroseDeath

According to the carefully worded statement Ronnie Montrose's family released following his death in March, the guitarist "chose his own exit the way he chose his own life." Now, we know what that means: The rocker committed suicide -- a revelation contained in an April 6 police report and confirmed on Montrose's website...

Ronnie Montrose, the guitarist whose namesake hard rock group, Montrose, rose to prominence in the 1970s and helped launch the career of Sammy Hagar, died yesterday (March 3) of prostate cancer, Rolling Stone reports. He was 64. A native of Denver, Montrose made his name as a sideman for Van Morrison, playing on the singer's 1971 'Tupelo Honey' album...