pa href="http://news.yahoo.com/bass-player-elton-john-found-dead-apparent-suicide-213916583.html"img src="http://l2.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/G_OBcKDJYnAE6xxr4vIe3w--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2012-08-16T164246Z_1_CBRE87F1AFD00_RTROPTP_2_USA-AIDS.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="Elton John is interviewed in Washington" align="left" title="Elton John is interviewed in Washington" border="0" //aLOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Robert Wayne Birch, a backup musician and bass player for Elton John, was found dead in the Los Angeles area on Wednesday of an apparent suicide resulting from a gunshot wound to the head, officials said. Los Angeles County Assistant Coroner Chief Ed Winter said Birch#039;s body was found after 1 a.m. PDT (0800 GMT) in a community of the San Fernando Valley of Los Angeles. The case is quot;being investigated as a possible suicide,quot; Winter said. .../pbr clear="all"/
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