Longley joined the band Great White in 2000 , played in Samantha 7 , The Bullet Boys , and played in Nick Menza 's solo project . Longley also did session work for many artists including Nancy Sinatra and appears unnamed on many works of music . He died in The Station nightclub fire on February 20 , 2003 , which claimed a total of 100 lives . He was the only band member to die in the fire . Longley left behind Heidi ( Peralta ) Longley , who was 3 months pregnant with the couple 's first child . Their son Acey Ty Christopher Longley was born on August 12 , 2003 . His son Acey is also a musician and runs a charity for hospitalized children in his father 's memory . In 2013 the American Red Cross Chicago named Acey their Youth Good Samaritan Hero and the '' Chicago Tribune '' named Acey one of their most inspiring stories of the year 2012
The Station nightclub fire
The Station nightclub fire
Ty Longley