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Kantner died from multiple organ failure and septic shock
after suffering a heart attack earlier this week, the newspaper
said, citing the band's publicist, Cynthia Bowman.
Bowman could not immediately be reached by Reuters on Thursday,
and requests for comment to other representatives for the band
were not immediately returned.
Kantner and singer Marty Balin formed Jefferson Airplane in the
mid-1960s with musicians including Grace Slick and Jorma
Kaukonen, scoring hits such as "Somebody to Love" and "White
Rabbit." The band split in 1972 and Kantner formed a spin-off
group, Jefferson Starship.
Jefferson Airplane was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of
Fame in 1996, and will receive a Grammy lifetime achievement
award at next month's Grammy Awards ceremony.
(Reporting by Piya Sinha-Roy; Editing by Sandra Maler)
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