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\n\tJustin Cary, the bassist for Sixpence None the Richer, died Thursday, days after struggling a stroke. He was 50.<\/p>\n
\n\tThe band\u2019s frontwoman Leigh Nash confirmed Cary\u2019s dying Thursday, writing on social media, \u201c\u2018We positive had a good time\u2019 is an understatement. Thanks, Justin. We love you eternally. Please hold his expensive [wife] Linda near your hearts. She is our household. There\u2019s by no means been anyone like Justin.\u201d<\/p>\n
\n\tNash added in a heartfelt tribute shared to Instagram Tales. \u201cJustin Cary was sort, gifted, and one of many funniest folks I\u2019ve ever met,\u201d wrote Nash. \u201cEach time he had a narrative, I’d cease to pay attention. I needed to make sure to catch the top of \u2018Kiss Me\u2019 each night time as a result of he did this funky bass lick that tickled my mind so good. One time I broke the sink in my lodge room in Chile and he needed to come assist me at 1 am. I really feel extremely fortunate to have recognized him and to have realized the touring ropes from somebody so extraordinary. I used to be wanting ahead to being his pal for a very long time.\u201d<\/p>\n
\n\tCary had been with Sixpence None the Richer since 1997 after changing the band\u2019s former bassist,\u00a0J.J. Plasencio. Cary joined the group earlier than they launched their self-titled album that includes their smash single, \u201cKiss Me,\u201d which reached Quantity Two on the Billboard Sizzling 100.<\/p>\n