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Former Ministry drummer Aaron Rossi has died. He was 44.
A statement posted to his Instagram Thursday reads, “It is with overwhelming sadness to share that on January 27, 2025, Aaron John Rossi passed away from a sudden, severe heart attack.”
Rossi played with Ministry in 2008, and then again from 2011 to 2016. He played on the band’s 2013 album, From Beer to Eternity.
In a Facebook post, Ministry frontman Al Jourgensen calls Rossi a “great drummer” and “great human being.”
“He will be missed,” Jourgensen writes. “Keep pounding that snare in the great beyond.”
Rossi also played in the metal band Prong.
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