David Kaff has died.
The musician, who portrayed Viv Savage within the 1984 mockumentary “This Is Spinal Tap,” handed away in his sleep final week.
He was 79.
His band, Mutual of Alameda’s Wild Kingdom, revealed the heartbreaking information through social media on Friday, July 11.
“Our brother David Kaffinetti passed away peacefully in his sleep yesterday,” Kaff’s bandmates introduced on Fb.
Sharing they had been “devastated” by his loss of life, the band famous, “David always had a kind word and a quick wit that would slay you where you stand. Then he’d make you smile doing it!”
Signing off their emotional message, they concluded, “RIP dear brother.”
His reason behind loss of life was not revealed.
Kaff’s memorable line within the ’80s mockumentary a few struggling steel band is likely one of the most quoted to today. In the course of the film’s credit, when requested about his life motto, his character says: “Have a good time… all the time.”
The British rocker — actual identify David Kaffinetti — was a member of the UK progressive band Uncommon Chicken within the ’70s earlier than touchdown a component in Rob Reiner’s musical comedy “This Is Spinal Tap.”
The keyboardist and his fictitious band within the well-known mockumentary performed a number of real-life exhibits collectively after the movie gained recognition. They even made an look on a 1984 episode of “Saturday Night Live.”
Kaff was additionally a session musician on Chuck Berry’s 1972 album “The London Chuck Berry Sessions,” in keeping with Final Traditional Rock.
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