10,000 Maniacs News

Guitarist Rob Buck In Critical Condition

Yahoo! Music, Dec 15, 2000 5:00 pm PST
(12/15/00, 5 p.m. ET) - 10,000 Maniacs guitarist Rob Buck is suffering from an undisclosed disease and is listed in critical but stable condition. Buck's condition had been getting worse over the last few months before he was hospitalized. His whereabouts were not revealed for security reasons. Doctors speculate that Buck's potential recovery is a long-term process.

Fans are encouraged to send cards, not flowers, to Big WalkUp Management, 362 Rhode Island Street, Buffalo, NY 14213. No packages of any kind will be accepted. Those inclined to help out the Buck family can send a donation to the Robert Buck Family Medical Fund, c/o Key Bank, 730 Foote Avenue, Jamestown, NY 14701.

-- Darren Davis, New York

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