Well said, friend.  This band has given me so much including a new appreciation of music and a lovely vagabond family (most of whom I've never met, but luv nonetheless) and I am grateful for a beautiful decade.  Best wishes and thank you to every single member the band.  There are some of us who will always be on your team.

That being said, this (if true) came as a huge shock.  I am saddened immensely and wish I had been better prepared, I kind of feel like I'm in mourning after a sudden death.