Greg Kihn has died aged 75 after a battle with Alzheimer’s

Greg Kihn, the rock musician known for his hit Jeopardy, has died aged 75 after a battle with Alzheimer’s disease. 

Greg, born on July 10, 1949, moved to San Francisco in the mid-1970s, where he became one of the first artists signed to Matthew King Kaufman’s Beserkley Records. He formed the Greg Kihn Band, featuring guitarist Robbie Dunbar, bassist Steve Wright, and drummer Larry Lynch, and the group released a self-titled album in 1976. Through the 1970s, Greg released an album each year.

In 1981 he got his first major Billboard hit with The Breakup Song (They Don’t Write ‘Em), from the Rockihnroll album, which made it to number 15 on the Billboard Hot 100 songs chart.

Just two years later he released Jeopardy, which reached number 2 on the Hot 100 chart in May 1983. 

He was also an accomplished author. He wrote four horror fiction novels, including 1996’s Horror Show and 1998’s Shade of Pale. 1998’s Big Rock Beat and 1999’s Mojo Hand were written as sequels to Horror Show. He also wrote Carved in Rock: Short Stories by Musicians, which compiled stories from him and other rock musicians including Pete Townshend, Joan Jett and more. His 2013 novel, Rubber Soul, was a Beatles-themed murder mystery story.

Greg is survived by his wife, Jay Arafiles-Kihn, his son, Ryan Kihn, daughter, Alexis Harrington-Kihn and his grandchildren.