Riot guitarist Mark Reale passed away Wednesday (Jan. 25) at the age of 57 after being hospitalized for severe complications from his longtime battle with Crohn's disease. Reale had suffered a subarachnoid hemorrhage and was in a coma for the past two weeks.
Some bad news has come out of the camp of veteran heavy metal band Riot. Founder and guitarist Mark Reale is hospitalized in critical condition because of severe complications from Crohn's disease -- an ailment Reale has battled for most of his life.