GWAR co-founder Chuck Varga, known onstage as the Sexecutioner, has died at 68 after a battle with cancer.
Bassist Casey Orr, aka Beefcake the Mighty, shared the news Friday, saying Varga passed peacefully with his wife Bambi holding his hand. "He was one of a kind. As an artist, as a performer; as a scholar and a gentleman," Orr wrote. "Legends never die. Hail Varga!"
Beyond the stage, Varga was one of the artists of GWAR's Slave Pit collective in Richmond, Virginia, sculpting, illustrating and designing the characters and costumes that built the band. GWAR held blood drives and a charity auction earlier this year to help cover his hospice care.
Rest in peace.