No cause was given.
Wife Cathy Merring-Regan issued a statement, which was sharedon Facebook by a family friend.
So many people have posted messages of love and condolences on his phone.
Bassist John Regan with Dave Edmunds tourJim Steinfeldt/Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images
I am trying to figure out how to post on any of his [Facebook] pages.
I appreciate all of your thoughts and prayers.
From reading your messages, I know he gave much away and so much love was sent to him.
He passed suddenly, but that was his wish.
Peter Frampton posted a salute in a series of tweets.
I have lost one of my closest buddies.
He certainly enriched my life because of the person and the great player he was.
John Regan was the best of us, Frampton wrote.
Survivors include his wife, Cathy, children Christopher and Jeness, and grandchildren.
