Mark Abrahamian, the lead guitarist for the rock band Starship, died of a heart attack after a concert in Norfolk, his road manager said. He was 46.
Road manager Scott Harrison said Abrahamian collapsed after a performance Sunday night.
"We had just finished the show. We were back in the dressing room eating. He apparently told the bass player he wasn't feeling well," Harrison told The Associated Press on Monday.
Abrahamian went into the next room and was talking to his fiance on the phone when he collapsed, Harrison said. He was taken to Faith Regional Health Services in Norfolk, where he was pronounced dead.
Harrison says an autopsy was done Monday.
"It's a shock to everyone," Harrison said in a phone interview from the airport in Omaha, where he was waiting for Abrahamian's fiance. They planned to get married in December in Hawaii, Harrison said.
Starship was the opening band for a concert that also featured Survivor and Boston.
Harrison said Abrahamian hadn't mentioned any health problems to him, but he apparently had been telling his fiance.
"He had been having chest pains for a while," Harrison said.
Harrison said Starship's concert on Monday in Orem, Utah, was canceled.
Abrahamian joined Starship 11 years ago. Starship's history goes back to the 1960s with Jefferson Airplane and in the 1980s Jefferson Starship.
Abrahamian lived in Austin, Texas. Funeral services are pending.
