"We are very sad to announce the death of our beloved friend and bandmate, Gerard Smith, following a courageous fight against lung cancer," the band said in a statement. "Gerard passed away the morning of April 20th, 2011. We will miss him terribly."
The news comes a little more than a month after the band announced that Smith had been diagnosed with lung cancer. TV on the Radio released their fourth studio album, Nine Types of Light, on April 14 after a year-and-a-half-long hiatus.
Smith joined the Brooklyn-based band in 2005, a year before the group rose to critical acclaim with their third EP, Return to Cookie Mountain. The album was named Spin Magazine's 2006 album of the year.
TV on the Radio has canceled all of their upcoming concerts and will release more information as it becomes available.
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From the Hollywood Reporter:
'Hogan's Heroes' Actor Jon Cedar Dies
by Mike Barnes
Veteran character actor Jon Cedar died April 14 at Providence Tarzana
Medical Center in Los Angeles after a brief battle with leukemia. He
was 80.
Cedar had a regular role as the lovable Corporal Langenscheidt on the
1965-71 sitcom Hogan's Heroes. He also appeared on such shows as Ben
Casey, Barnaby Jones, Kojak, The Rockford Files, Moonlighting, The
Greatest American Hero and Matlock. He wrote, produced and appeared in
The Manitou, a 1978 film starring Tony Curtis.
Cedar and his late wife, Barbara, created and ran the Barbara's Place
script-typing service during the 1970s and '80s.
As a youngster, Cedar traveled the country with his family appearing
off-Broadway and in national tours with such shows as Irma la Douce,
The Deputy and South Pacific. He and his brother George also did many
performances at the Players Ring, a Hollywood theater troupe.
In addition to his brother, survivors include his daughter, Loren
Thompson, his son, Michael Cedar, and his longtime companion, Elynore
Leigh.
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