According to the book: Rock Obituaries - Knocking On Heaven's Door (Nick Talevski, Omnibus Press, 2010, ISBN 0857121170, 9780857121172) he died 1996-06-04; (but http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scandal_%28American_band%29 http://www.carolynemas.com/music-111.html say 1995)