Just heard about this...I know he had that rape conviction. Don't know the specifics of the Rape other than she was a 17 year old with disabilities. Anyway, He was a decent drummer, I have all his albums with Priest. My favorite drummer they had was les Binks in the 70's. Did he die of natural causes? He was 69 years old.
They didn't specify the cause of death yet. I read that it was a male, I heard about it in Tony Iommi's book when he talked about the DEP sessions he did with Dave and Glen Hughes. That aside, I've only just got around to listening to Priest lately, British Steel particularly.