{"id":316856,"date":"2025-11-25T00:59:44","date_gmt":"2025-11-25T00:59:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/peraltafinancing.com\/uncategorized\/rip-david-riley-bassist-for-big-black-music-news\/"},"modified":"2025-11-25T00:59:44","modified_gmt":"2025-11-25T00:59:44","slug":"rip-david-riley-bassist-for-big-black-music-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/?p=316856","title":{"rendered":"RIP: David Riley, bassist for Big\u00a0Black | Music News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>David Riley, the bassist for Big Black, has died at 59. From David Riley\u2019s partner, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/584069417\/posts\/10159159536924418\/?d=n\">Rachel Brown<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>Sad news my Chicago friends. My dearest friend and longtime housemate Dave Riley lost his short battle with cancer this morning. In late August he developed a persistent sore throat which wasn\u2019t responsive to antibiotics. Initially dismissed as acid-reflux, further testing showed that he had a large squamous cell carcinoma in his throat which had already spread to several places in his lungs. Since treatment wouldn\u2019t have made any difference, Dave chose to come home to die. 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