Awwwww. Damn. That's sad. I'd be suicidal too watching the bandleader who fired me sell 150 million albums.
Strange that now that I'm a bassplayer & becoming interested in those who played bass in my fav ol' bands I'm finding out that a lot of 'em are deceased---James Dewar, Boz Burrell, Felix Pappalardi, Ken Forrsi, Randy Jo Hobbs, etc.
...& now Doug Stegmeyer. Alas