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BU Central performer dies after show

A BU Central performer died at Boston Medical Center Friday night after complaining of lightheadedness following his set the night before, witnesses at the show said.
Last Lights lead singer Dominic Mallary was transported to BMC around 11 p.m. Thursday night, according to a Boston University Police Department report of the incident, about two hours after his band opened as the first act for the concert. He was 24 years old.
Mallary had wrapped his microphone cord around his neck as part of his act, which Last Lights drummer Patrick Murphy said stopped the blood flow to the lead singer’s brain. ‘
‘He seemed fine for at least an hour or two, but after the last band played, he said he was feeling faint and couldn’t feel his legs,’ he said. ‘When they arrived at the hospital, he started to go into seizures, and that’s when he lost consciousness.’
Murphy said Mallary, who sings music mostly from the hardcore genre, twisted his microphone cord around him for every show he performed, and that ‘it just happened to be this time’ that the act ended with a tragedy.
Once at the hospital, Mallary was put on life support because he was unable breathe on his own, Murphy said.
‘They confirmed him basically brain-dead,’ he said. Operators at BMC would not provide Mallary’s official cause of death as of Sunday night.
Mallary, a 2007 Emerson College graduate who majored in writing, literature and publishing, wrote all the music and lyrics for the band, Murphy said.
‘He was playing guitar his whole life,’ Murphy said. ‘Every band I’ve ever been in with him, he’s written all the music, and it’s just amazing. He was an original songwriter.’
Murphy said the music label Think Fast! had signed the band just two days before its performance at BU Central. Last Lights will not continue without Mallary despite a planned tour.
‘It shouldn’t have happened to him,’ Murphy said. ‘His band was doing good. Everything he worked for his entire life was finally coming true.’

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9 Comments

  1. when an idiot strangles oneself for the sake of entertainment and fun end up dead because of his stupidity, we are supposed to turn around and feel bad for him?<p/>i feel bad for his family, yes. tragic, yes. is he an idiot? absolutely.<p/>he is no different from those who died while performing an ill-prepared stunt just to gain a 15-min of fame, or someone who decided it would be “cool” to drive 100mph on a local road and ends up killing himself in a car accident.<p/>it was tragic, but gosh darnit was he stupid.

  2. what a retard. perfect example of why artists are not valuable parts of society. I promise drugs were involved, this article just lacks the courage to say so. <p/>say what you want about my insensitivity, any idiot knows that strangling yourself is a BAD idea

  3. parent of a BU student

    To the families of the singer & brycesmom, I’m very sorry for your tragic loss. Young vibrant lives cut way too short. Please accept the sincere sympathies of the BU community.

  4. My 16 yr old son died from the “choking game” which is exactly what this singer was doing. Only difference is that most teens do it with a friend or alone (like my son) When will enough kids die from this stupid trick. It kills brain cells and people. My son too, had the oxygen to his brain cut off, but he died immediately when his head dropped cutting off his air. His family will never recover from our loss. Its been 6 1/2 yrs, we will never “get past” this loss.

  5. I agree with the father of the BU grad – I am the mother of a BU grad and a comment like that is uncalled for and immature – shame on you, stupid!!

  6. I am the father of a BU grad. The ass who posted with a name saying “who is he and why do we care” is a jerk. A human being lost his life. Figure out why we care.

  7. who is he and why do we care?

  8. teen hearts video is sick

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