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Armenian-American Drummer Sib Hashian of Boston Fame Dies at 67
LYNNFIELD, Mass. (A.W.)—Sib Hashian—the Armenian-American former drummer of the band Boston—died after collapsing onstage on the night of March 22, aboard the Legends of Rock Cruise in the Western Caribbean.
Emergency CPR was performed and a defibrillator was used to no avail after Hashian suddenly collapsed mid-set, according to celebrity news website TMZ. He was 67.
Hashian was of Armenian and Italian ancestry and lived in Lynnfield, Mass. Born on August 17, 1949, he was best known as a drummer for the rock band Boston.
Sib is survived by his wife Suzanne, his son Adam, daughters Aja and Lauren Hashian, and several grandchildren.
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RIP Brother
the beat goes on, brother! thanks and peace all!
Boston’s first album, one of the best RnR albums of the 1970s, was the very first LP I bought as a young adult, and I still enjoy it to this day. R.I.P. Sib. Jesus called you home…
RIP Sib! You will be missed dearly by so many!
🙏🏻 & ❤️️ to Suzanne, Lauren, Aja and Adam…
~Sue & Haley
I had not heard of Sib Hashian before he was mentioned in Geezer Butler’s autobiography, Into the Void, as a great guy who was in the band Boston. Also Butler mentioned that Hashian served in the United States Army during the Vietnam War (as an officer in the Ordnance Unit of the 4th Infantry Division, according to Google).