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Course of Empire drummer and Dallas music mainstay Chad Lovell dies

Summary by The Dallas Editorial Desk · Based on reporting by Scott Tucker, Dallas Observer · July 23, 2026 · 1 min read

The local music scene remembers the pillar of Deep Ellum's arts community, who died on Tuesday after suffering a traumatic brain injury in 2019.

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Category: local · Published: July 23, 2026 · Source: Dallas Observer · Reading time: 1 min

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Course of Empire drummer and Dallas music mainstay Chad Lovell dies

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