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The Killers star unsettled by Tommy Marth's final text message

Dave Keuning, the guitarist for The Killers, has admitted that he's still troubled by the last text message sent to him by the band's former saxophonist Tommy Marth just days before his suicide.

Marth was tragically found dead at his home in Las Vegas back in April and was ruled to have suffered a self-inflicted gunshot wound to the head, and Keuning has now opened up about a text that he received from him asking to meet up before he took his own life.

Speaking to Q magazine, he explained: "I'll never forget that he texted me a few days before saying, 'Hey, if you're in town let's hang out.' I said, 'No, I'm sorry, I can't. I'm in San Diego.' His response was like, 'No worries, Dave. You're a good guy.' That struck me as odd, that he would say something really nice. But he already knew then what he was doing. I wish I could call him but I can't."

Frontman Brandon Flowers added: "It's just shocking. He's the last person you would think would do that. What's strange is that he's the one who brought light to the backstage area, brought levity when it was a grind."

 

 

 

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