to Duane Allman as "one of these churls" in a review of Splendor in the Short Grass: The Grover Lewis Reader. The letter further criticized Grover Lewis for his 1971 Rolling Stone article about the band, which Trucks wrote made the members look like uneducated characters who spoke in dialogue "taken directly from Faulkner". Personal life and death Trucks was married for 25 years to Melinda Trucks, with whom he had two children. He also had two children from a previous marriage and four grandchildren. Trucks was related to other famous musicians: his nephew, guitarist Derek Trucks, joined the Allman Brothers Band in 1999 and is one of the co-founders of the Tedeschi Trucks Band. Another nephew, Duane Trucks (Derek's younger brother), plays drums for Widespread Panic and Hard Working Americans. Trucks' oldest son, guitarist Vaylor Trucks, is part of a trio called The Yeti Trio based in Atlanta, Georgia. Police reports confirmed that Trucks died of suicide by a self-inflicted gunshot wound to the head on January 24, 2017, in West Palm Beach, Florida, at the age of 69 "reportedly after years of financial strife". References Sources Further reading Freeman, Scott. Midnight Riders: The Story of the Allman Brothers Band, Little, Brown & Co. 1995. https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-features/derek-trucks-remembers-butch-trucks-he-left-an-impression-at-all-times-113703/ External links Inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame 1995 1947 births 2017 deaths 2017 suicides American rock drummers Blues rock musicians Musicians from Jacksonville, Florida Suicides by firearm in Florida The Allman Brothers Band members The 31st of February members Trucks family