RIP: Trugoy the Dove (De La Soul)

[Thermionics]

Goddammit, another brilliant musician dies too soon.

Dave Jolicoeur, De La Soul’s Trugoy the Dove, Dies at 54

De La Soul cofounder Dave Jolicoeur, better known as Trugoy the Dove, has died at the age of 54, a rep for the group has confirmed to Variety. Details were not immediately available, but he has suf…

variety.com

 

[Thermionics]

 

[J. Frum]

This one hits hard. RIP.

 

[Thermionics]

We lost MCA in 2012, Phife Dawg in 2016, and now Trugoy in 2023. Thankfully Chuck D still seems to be in good health (out of the 'Class of '89')

 

[Thermionics]

Also, interview with De La Soul from 1996:

 

[danomar]

Goodye, yogurt. RIP.