Timothy Patrick Kelly (January 13, 1963 – February 5, 1998) was an American

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ist for the band Slaughter.

Career

Born in

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and

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. He played in a few bands during his career which included Hellion, NEWHAVEN, and Allegiance (that was fronted by his brother Bryan Kelly) along with other bands. After no real commercial success with these bands, he was chosen as guitarist for the group Slaughter which was formed in the fall of 1988. With Slaughter, Kelly had many writing credits. On the first album of the band ''

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'', he wrote and performed an instrumental piece called "Thinking of June" which he dedicated to his sister who died in 1982. In all, Kelly released four studio albums with the band and two live albums, the last of which Eternal Live was released posthumously and includes a pictorial and video tribute to Kelly which was quickly put together by Blas Elias. Tim had been working on some songs, which two band mates refused to listen to, so he with Blas Elias worked on a separate project from Slaughter before his death.

Death

On February 5, 1998, Kelly was involved in a fatal car accident while traveling on Highway 96 in

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. Kelly's vehicle was hit head-on when an 18 wheeler crossed the middle line. Kelly was transported to a

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clinic where he was pronounced dead from internal injuries. At the time of the accident, the driver of the 18 wheeler was under the influence of at least three different drugs including

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. He was later sentenced to three years in prison. Kelly is buried at Saint Ignatius Cemetery in

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