Garry Shider

Born: 24th July 1953 Plainfield, New Jersey, USA
Died: 16th June 2010. Husband of [a=Linda Shider] and father of [a=Garret Shider]
American guitarist, vocalist, songwriter and producer. He was musical director of the P-Funk All-Stars for much of their history. He was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1997, with fifteen other members of Parliament-Funkadelic. In 2010, it was announced that Shider was suffering from cancer of the brain and lungs. On June 16, 2010, Shider died from complications of his cancer.