Former Iron Maiden drummer Clive Burr dies at 56

By Reed Johnson

March 14, 2013 12 AM PT

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Clive Burr, former drummer for Iron Maiden, has died at age 56. Burr, who played on the heavy metal band’s first three albums -- “Iron Maiden,” “Killers” and “The Number of the Beast” -- had been suffering from multiple sclerosis.

“He was a wonderful person and an amazing drummer who made a valuable contribution to Maiden in the early days,” Steve Harris, the group’s founder and bass player, wrote.

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Burr joined the band in 1979 and left it in 1982, as they were rising to world prominence. He was diagnosed with MS in 2001.

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Reed Johnson

Reed Johnson es el ex editor de Los Angeles Times en Español. En 2018, se reincorporó a Los Angeles Times como editor asistente. Johnson había trabajado anteriormente para The Times como escritor de 2000 a 2014, incluidos cuatro años y medio como escritor de cultura latinoamericana del periódico, con sede en la Ciudad de México. También ha trabajado como reportero para el Wall Street Journal, con sede en São Paulo, Brasil; como editor de Zócalo Public Square; y como reportero del Detroit News, el L.A. Daily News y el Times-Union de Rochester, Nueva York.