Dave Marsh Dies at 76, Leaving 25 Books and a 1979 Springsteen Classic
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Updated · Variety · Aug 15
Dave Marsh Dies at 76, Leaving 25 Books and a 1979 Springsteen Classic
3 articles · Updated · Variety · Aug 15
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Dave Marsh died Friday at his Connecticut home at 76, with SiriusXM host Jim Rotolo confirming the death in a Facebook post Saturday.
His 1979 book “Born to Run: The Bruce Springsteen Story” became one of the earliest major biographies of Springsteen, tracing the singer’s rise from New Jersey clubs to wider fame.
Marsh built a broad rock-criticism career at Creem and Rolling Stone, wrote about artists from the Who to Black Sabbath, and hosted SiriusXM’s “Kick Out the Jams” for nearly 20 years while co-creating E Street Radio.
In 1993, his daughter Kristen Ann Carr died of sarcoma at 21; Marsh later founded the Kristen Ann Carr Fund to support families and cancer research. He is survived by his wife, Barbara Carr.