Warrant Singer Jani Lane Dies at 47

Jani Lane (real name: John Kennedy Oswald)
survived by two daughters, Taylar and Madison, from two previous marriages.

(Taylar’s mother is model Bobbie Brown, who starred in Warrant’s classic “Cherry Pie” video.)

On Thursday August 11, 2011, the heavy metal singer Jani Lane of Warrant was found dead in his room at a Comfort Inn in Woodland Hills, Calif., the Associated Press confirms. Police officers told the AP that the cause and circumstances of the rocker’s death are not yet known.

The Hollywood Reporter reports

The singer had a history of alcohol-related arrests. He was taken into custody in June 2009 for reporting crashing into a parked car. He pleaded no contest to misdemeanor DUI and was put on probation for three years. A year later, he was arrested for a similar incident that landed him in jail for 120 days.