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Jeff Wood Kept The Beat For Tampa's Music Scene

By KEVIN WALKER

The Tampa Tribune
Published: Sep 14, 2007

TAMPA - Jeff Wood, a beloved fixture of the local music scene and one of its most talented drummers, died Wednesday night at his mother's home in Valrico. His family and his fiance gathered around the 42-year-old as he died at 7 p.m.
"It was very beautiful," his mother, Jan, said.
Shortly after his death, lightning flashed and thunder boomed. That was beautiful, too, and appropriate for a local rock 'n' roll icon.

"He would have liked that," his mother said.

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SOURCE: The Tampa Tribune