Hanneman died Thursday morning of liver failure at a Los Angeles hospital with his wife, Kathy, by his side, according to Slayer spokeswoman Heidi Robinson-Fitzgerald. He was Robinson-Fitzgerald said Hanneman had been slowly recovering from necrotizing fasciitis, a flesh-eating disease that nearly cost him his arm. Such an infection can develop from a minor cut or scratch; Robinson-Fitzgerald blamed the spider bite, for which he failed to seek immediate treatment.
I could see the flesh corrupting. The arm was real hot. An ambulance rushed the guitarist to the hospital and he was diagnosed him with necrotizing fasciitis, a bacterial infection in the skin and arm.
Guitarist Jeff Hanneman, a founder of the U. Hanneman had been slowly recovering from a spider bite in February that reportedly nearly cost him his arm. Hanneman reportedly had contracted necrotizing fasciitis, commonly known as flesh-eating disease, after the bite. In a late interview with Hanneman posted on the website Metal Injection and in other media, he said he was in a hot tub with a couple of beers when he noticed the spider bite on his arm.
But an hour later, I knew that I was ill. In an online letter to fans about Hanneman's medical issues, the band said recently that his recovery had been "touch-and-go. The guitarist had been recovering from a spider bite which had left him with necrotising fasciitis, a flesh-eating disease which attacks subcutaneous tissue. The band was known as one of the "big four" thrash metal groups of the s, along with Anthrax, Megadeth and Metallica.
Hanneman is best known as a writer of the songs Raining Blood and Angel of Death from the album Reign in Blood, which is considered a landmark of the thrash genre.
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