Rock guitarist Robbin Crosby, a founding member of the 1980s heavy-metal “hair” band Ratt, died Thursday June 6 after an eight-year battle with AIDS. He was 42. Crosby, who went public with ...

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Founding Ratt guitarist Robbin Crosby succumbed to AIDS yesterday (June 6) after an eight-year battle with the disease. Crosby, who co-wrote many of the pop-metal band's best-known songs, was 42.