Main Page | See live article | Alphabetical index Vinnie Taylor (1949 - 1974) (real name Chris Donald) was the lead guitarist of the band Sha Na Na. He joined the band in 1970 and died from a heroin overdose on April 17 1974, after a concert at University Hall at the University of Virginia. He was found in a Holiday Inn hotel room in Charlottesville, Virginia. See also: List of artists who died of drug-related causes This article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by fixing it. This article is from Wikipedia. All text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License.