A year later Merritt was inducted into the ARIA Hall of Fame. In 2007 he was suffered from kidney failure. He s survived by his daughter Kelli, son Josh and three grandchildren. Max was born in Christchurch, New Zealand in 1941. Max merritt – von max merritt und dem meteor ruhm – gestorben in los angeles im alter von 79 merritt, am besten bekannt für seinen 1975 trafen slippin‘ away, mit seiner band max merritt und the meteors, starb in einem krankenhaus in los angeles nach einem langen kampf mit einer seltenen autoimmunerkrankung. READ MORE: https://nnimgt-a.akamaihd.net/transform/v1/crop/frm/GJZ5TVpAk84wrTzsQfLQRB/0e391e4e-625b-48a4-acc6-b58e560c7a99.jpg/r0_186_638_546_w1200_h678_fmax.jpg, Skyhooks founding member Peter Starkie died in Melbourne, Sporting world pays tribute to Dean Jones, Business paid in cash for 'scam' visa workers, ICAC hears, Police search for missing Horsham teenager, September snowfall in Ararat and Willaura | Video, 'Fund our future': Teacher goes virtual for climate strike, SES assist emergency services with Grampians rescue | Photos, No change today, except for health ministers, Health minister resigns after hotel quarantine inquiry. A year later Merritt was inducted into the ARIA Hall of Fame. "Max had been on dialysis three days every week since he … Australische musiklegende max merritt hat in einem krankenhaus in los angeles starb, nachdem er mit einer seltenen autoimmunerkrankung diagnostiziert. Merritt, best known for his 1975 hit Slippin' Away, with his band Max Merritt and The Meteors, died in a Los Angeles hospital after a long fight with a rare auto-immune disease. His death comes less than two weeks after Skyhooks founding member Peter Starkie died in Melbourne after falling off a ladder in Melbourne. The 79-year old’s health had been in decline since being diagnosed with Goodpasture syndrome, a rare but serious autoimmune disease that attacks the lungs and … Wal Bishop, his friend and manager, shared the news in a statement on Friday. He moved to Sydney in 1964 and formed Max Merritt and … Er hatte goodpasture-syndrom gekämpft, eine autoimmunerkrankung, bei der der körper fälschlicherweise antikörper macht, die die … The song reached No.2 in Australia and No.5 in New Zealand. Max Merritt - of Max Merritt and the Meteors fame - has died in Los Angeles aged 79. The band had hits with Try A Little Tenderness and Western Union Man before Merritt's original song Slipping Away took the band to new heights. He had been diagnosed with auto-immune disease Goodpasture Syndrome, where the body makes antibodies that attack the kidneys and lungs. … Max Merritt - of Max Merritt and the Meteors fame - has died in Los Angeles aged 79. Soul singer Max Merritt, best known in Australia for hits in the 1960s and 1970s such as ‘Western Union Man’ and ‘Slipping Away’, passed away in a Los Angeles hospital yesterday (September 24). Der musiker, von max merritt und der meteor ruhm, am donnerstag im alter von 79 verstorben. The Max Merritt and the Meteors rocker died on Thursday aged 79, reports the Daily Mail. In the October of that year, the entertainment industry rallied and a concert that raised more than $200,000.