, tour manager died in his  hotel room on Wednesday at 68 years of age. In their second show at the Los Angeles Forum,  paid tribute to their tour manager. According to , in-between songs U2's lead singer reflected on Sheehan's life to the audience, saying how he was family to the band. Bono said, "U2's family - it's a brotherhood, although there's a lot of sisters in it too... but the extended family is very important to us and we look after each other. It takes a lot to put on a show like tonight, and last night we lost a member of our family. Dennis Sheehan was his name. He was U2's tour manager for 33 years." According to , Sheehan was with the Irish band , on their five day Los Angeles tour. He was discovered dead in his hotel room and pronounced dead from a heart attack on Wednesday morning after paramedics were called at 5:30am local time. According to Billboard, the paramedics found Sheehan unresponsive before pronouncing him as dead soon after. Having been a tour manager for U2 for over 30 years, Sheehan began his career at the age of 19, and started working with the band in 1982. Sheehan also toured with in the 70s and worked with other artists such as , , and .  quote Sheehan talking to in 1984 about how special the band was: "There is something extremely special about U2... Whether it be in their social lives, which they are very particular about, or in their business life... they go for the best, and in turn the people that work for them give of their best."
, 's tour manager, died in his Los Angeles hotel room on Wednesday at 68 years of age. In their second show at the Los Angeles Forum, U2 paid tribute to their tour manager. According to , in-between songs U2's lead singer reflected on Sheehan's life to the audience, saying how he was family to the band. Bono said, "U2's family — it's a brotherhood, although there's a lot of sisters in it too... but the extended family is very important to us and we look after each other. It takes a lot to put on a show like tonight, and last night we lost a member of our family. Dennis Sheehan was his name. He was U2's tour manager for 33 years." According to , Sheehan was with the band U2 on their five-day Los Angeles tour. He was discovered dead in his hotel room and pronounced dead from a heart attack on Wednesday morning after paramedics were called at 5:30am local time. According to Billboard, the paramedics found Sheehan unresponsive before pronouncing him as dead soon after. Having been a tour manager for U2 for over 30 years, Sheehan began his career at the age of 19, and started working with the band in 1982. Sheehan also toured with in the 70s and worked with other artists such as , , and . Rolling Stone quote Sheehan talking to in 1984 about how special the band was: "There is something extremely special about U2... Whether it be in their social lives, which they are very particular about, or in their business life... they go for the best, and in turn the people that work for them give of their best."
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