Stiv Bators

Stivan John Bators, known as Stiv Bators (October 22 1949 - Paris, France, June 3 1990) was an American rock and roll and punk rock

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singer and sometime guitarist, from Youngstown, Ohio, in the bands Rocket From The Tombs, The Dead Boys, The Wanderers and The Lords of the New Church. He also recorded as a solo artist.

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In 1981, he co-starred in the John Waters film Polyester. Stiv also made a guest appearance as "Dick Slammer," the lead singer of "The Blender Children" in the 1988 film Tapeheads.

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Bators died after being struck by a car while standing on a sidewalk in Paris; not realizing the seriousness of his injuries, he went back to his room, where he died in his sleep.

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