Survivor and Cobra frontman Jimi Jamison died of a heart attack Sunday night in his Memphis home, according to a report published Monday. He was 63.
The energetic singer, who originally was with Cobra, joined Survivor in 1984 after the band's frontman Dave Bickler (the voice on "Eye of the Tiger") left because of vocal-health issues.
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Mashable has reached out to Jamison's manager, promoter and booking agent for details about his death. We'll update this post when we receive a response.
The band's verified Facebook page confirmed the sad news on Monday:
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Post by Survivor Music (Official FB Page).
TMZ broke the news Monday night, citing Jamison's booking manager Sally Irwin.
Jamison is well-known for such 1980s rock singles as "Burning Heart," "High on You," "The Search Is Over," "Man Against the World" and "Is This Love?"
He also memorably sang the Baywatch theme song, and his commercial parody of "Eye of the Tiger" for Starbucks in 2004 earned him an Emmy nomination.
You can listen to Jamison's latest music in this Facebook post, which he posted July 31:
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Post by Jimi Jamison.