What type of details about allen lanier can be gathered from the following bio? Bio: allen glover lanier -lrb- june 25 , 1946 -- august 14 , 2013 -rrb- was an original member of blue Oyster cult . lanier played keyboards and rhythm guitar . he resided in manhattan . lanier wrote several songs for blue Oyster cult albums , including '' true confessions '' , '' tenderloin '' , '' searchin ' for celine '' , '' in thee '' , and '' lonely teardrops '' . in addition to his work with blue Oyster cult , he also contributed to music by patti smith , jim carroll , the dictators and the clash , among others . he dated patti smith for several years during the 1970s . lanier first performed with the band -lrb- then known as soft white underbelly -rrb- in 1967 . he left the group in 1985 , and was replaced by tommy zvoncheck -lrb- of clarence clemons and public image ltd fame -rrb- . he returned in 1987 . he retired from performing with them after the autumn of 2006 . without any official announcement from blue Oyster cult , the band 's line-up photograph was updated to remove allen , and a brief mention on the page for richie castellano has the following to say : '' since the retirement of allen lanier , richie has switched over to the guitars/keyboards position , both of which he 's quite the master ! '' , which would seem to indicate that allen lanier retired from both blue Oyster cult and music , in 2007 , having played his last concert with them in late 2006 . he would rejoin them for their 40th anniversary concert in new york in november 2012 , which proved to be his last ever appearance with the band . allen 's death was announced by blue Oyster cult on august 14 , 2013 . according to their official facebook page , '' allen succumbed to complications from c.o.p.d. '' lead singer eric bloom posted the following :
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