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Anthrax's Scott Ian Looks Back on Cliff Burton's Death: 'Words Can't Really Describe How Dark It Was'
![September 27, 1986 - Metallica Bassist Cliff Burton dies in bus crash - This Day in Automotive History September 27, 1986 - Metallica Bassist Cliff Burton dies in bus crash - This Day in Automotive History](https://automotivehistory.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/Metallica-bus-crash.jpg)
September 27, 1986 - Metallica Bassist Cliff Burton dies in bus crash - This Day in Automotive History
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91.3 WYEP - The Daily Feedback: Cliff Burton was Metallica's founding bass player. He died tragically on this day in 1986 when the band's bus went off the road and crushed him.
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