His wife Jan announced the news today.
He was lovingly surrounded by his wife and soulmate Jan and son Django.
His legacy will continue to live on through his legendary music.
(L-R) The Byrds, David Crosby and Joni Mitchell, David Crosby and Stephen Stills perform on stage during the 1969 Big Sur Folk Festival on September 13-14, 1969Getty Images
Peace, love, and harmony to all who knew David and those he touched.
We will miss him dearly.
Thank you for the love and prayers.
Those also were the titles of The Byrds first two LPs, withMr.
Tambourine Manreaching the U.S. Top 10.
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Crosby also co-wrote one of the groups most famous songs, Eight Miles High.
Crosbys admittedly grating personality ultimately led to his dismissal from the band.
The group won for Best New Artist.
He shared lead vocals on all three.
Joined in 1970 by Canada expat and Buffalo Springfield alum Young, the now-quartet would score three consecutive No.
Mitchell would open on the groups first concert tour.
Crosby put out his first solo album in 1971, withIf Only I CouldRemember My Namereaching No.
12 on the Billboard 200, and the various members of CSN&Y carried on with separate careers.
Crosby, Stills & Nash re-formed for 1977sCSN,which spent four weeks at No.
2 and generated the trios first Top 10 single in Just a Song Before I Go.
It also went quadruple-platinum.
8 and including their second Top 10 single in Wasted on the Way.
The group would follow withAllies(1983), but the mid-80s were a setback for Crosby.
Convicted of multiple weapons and drug charges, he spent nine months in Texas state prison in 1985.
That same year he was arrested again on DUI, hit and run and other charges.
They were among his many run-ins with the law over the years.
A stop in Californias Orange County drew yells of disapproval from many in the crowd.
Crosby was the subject of his own documentary in 2019.
