Cutting Crew star dies

Kevin MacMichael, a guitarist and founding member of the 1980s rock band Cutting Crew, has died of lung cancer in Nova Scotia. He was 51.

He died on New Year’s Eve in a Halifax hospital.

Canadian MacMichael formed Cutting Crew in England in 1985 with vocalist Nick Van Eede. The group had a hit single with I Just Died in Your Arms along with a Grammy Award nomination for best new artist in 1987.

In 1992, MacMichael worked with Led Zeppelin singer Robert Plant on his comeback album, Fate of Nations. He also wrote and produced music in Halifax.

MacMichael is survived by his father, a brother and sister, and two daughters.