Mark Volman, Co-Founder of Pop-Rock Hitmakers The Turtles, Dies at 78

Mark Volman, a founding member of the ’60s pop-rock group The Turtles, has died at age 78.

In a statement shared on Facebook, Volman’s lawyer Evan Cohen shared a statement confirming that the singer had died. “I am sorry to report that my long-time friend and client, Mark Volman of The Turtles and Flo & Eddie (and a couple of years in the Mothers of Invention), has died at the age of 78,” he wrote. “Mark and bandmate Howard Kaylan stepped up and set an example for decades, standing up for the rights of musicians in various legal actions, which had a great impact on the progression of the law in several different areas (including sampling, and the eventual protection of 60s recordings under the Music Modernization Act).”

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