Jack Russell, the founding member of the hard rock band Great White, lost his life suffering from Lewy body dementia on August 15, 2024.
His wife, Heather Ann Russell, was by his side when he peacefully passed away at 63.
Highlights
- Jack Russell married his girlfriend, Heather Ann Kramer, and they have a son, Matthew Hucko.
- His wife is a registered nurse and helped him in his sobriety.
- Heather was happy to see him around the new band and Jack’s new management team.
Jack was a rock vocalist who began his career by joining different bands in his high school. He met Mark Kendall during a concert and formed a band, Dante Fox, which they renamed Great White.
He was with the band from 1981 until 1996, when he took some time off. Later, they broke up in 2001.
Jack released his solo album, Shelter Me, and toured under his name solo. He launched his second album, For You, in 2002.
Moreover, he toured with the official Great White band when they reformed with their classic lineup in 2006 but left the band in 2009 due to a fall in his bathroom.
After recovery, he toured again as Jack Russell’s Great White and released their first album, He Saw It Comin‘, in 2017.
Later, he announced his retirement from touring due to Lewy body dementia on July 17, 2024.
Great White Singer Jack Russell Saw God’s Face In His Wife
Jack Russell married his girlfriend Heather Ann Kramer on March 25, 2011, and they have a son, Matthew Hucko.
Heather Ann is a registered nurse and supportive wife who helped Jack in his sobriety. Jack called her an angel.
I want to wish my beautiful wife, Heather Ann Russell, a very Happy Anniversary!!! ❤❤ You are the love of my life, & I love you more than ALL the stars in the sky. Nothing compares to you my love. You are my heaven, & I love you to infinity plus one! #RT pic.twitter.com/yANipteXBI
— Jack Russell (@JacksGreatWhite) March 26, 2019
Heather felt hurt when none of the members of the official Great White band contacted Jack when he was going through bad shape and almost lost his life in 2011.
She had to deal with a crazy time as a newlywed phase and when Jack started his solo career.
He knows, as a nurse how I feel about his doctor’s orders and he knows how I feel about drugs and alcohol, that’s not the lifestyle I want to be around and if he were to use again I would be gone.
Heather Ann Kramer expressed when Jack was becoming sober.
Heather thought she was in the middle of a soap opera seeing her husband’s pain, who suffered wrongdoing from his close pals.
Thus, she was happy to see him around the new band and Jack’s new management team. His wife also expressed that Jack never cared about himself until it was almost too late.
Nonetheless, his wife, son, close friends, and family survive him.
His band members remember him for his sense of humor and memorable contribution to rock and roll. His legacy will forever thrive.
Additional Information
- Jack Russell was born in Montebello, California, on December 5, 1960, and his parents named him Jack Patrick Russell.
- Jack Russell’s Great White performance at The Station in West Warwick, Rhode Island, caught a fire, which took the lives of 100 people.
- In August 2021, he released a sequel to Great White’s 1998 tribute album to Led Zeppelin, Great Zeppelin II: A Tribute to Led Zeppelin.
- Jack Russell had an estimated net worth of $5 million.
