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Obituary of drummer from Calgary?
Several Calgary-connected drummers have died in recent years. The most historically significant is Floyd Sneed of Three Dog Night, born in Calgary in 1942, who died January 27, 2023. More recently, Darren Neil Henricks, a Calgary-based amateur drummer, died May 25, 2026.
Evidence
- Floyd Chester Sneed — born November 22, 1942 in Calgary, Alberta — was the drummer for Three Dog Night, one of the best-selling American rock acts of the early 1970s.
- On a more local level, Darren Neil Henricks — born July 11, 1967 in Radville, Saskatchewan, and a longtime Calgary resident — died suddenly on May 25, 2026 at Peter Lougheed Centre from aggressive stomach cancer, per his Calgary Herald Remembering obituary.
- If your query concerns a specific individual — a band, era, or scene — clarifying that would help surface the most relevant record.
- Per Wikipedia's documented record, Sneed grew up in a musical family and received his first drum kit from his older sister Maxine, who was then married to musician-actor Tommy Chong.
- Sneed played with Chong's early band Little Daddy and the Bachelors before joining Three Dog Night.