John Barbata, drummer for Turtles, Jefferson Airplane, CSNY, dead at 79
Drummer John Barbata, who played for The Turtles, Jefferson Airplane and Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young, has died. He was 79. Barbata’s death was announced on May 13 in a post on the Jefferson Airplane’s official Facebook page. The group did not say when he died or provide a cause of death.