Greg Kihn, the Baltimore-born singer, songwriter and guitarist greatest recognized for the hit “Jeopard,” has died. He was 75.

According to a publish on his web site, Kihn died on Aug. 13 after scuffling with Alzheimer’s illness.

“Beyond the world of music and radio, Greg was renowned as a great storyteller and novelist with six published novels and a multitude of short stories,” notes a press release on his website. “He had a unique hobby of breeding rare praying mantis and he also spent time and raised money for Operation Care and Comfort.”

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Kihn began his music profession in 1976 with the band Greg Kihn Band. His first two albums did not chart however by his third (and first of many LPs with a title that included a pun on his identify), 1979’s Next of Kihn, he began to search out some broader success along with his music.

A pair of singles – “Remember” in 1978 and 1981’s “Sheila” – stalled simply exterior of the Top 100, however with 1981’s “The Breakup Song (They Don’t Write ‘Em)” he broke into the Top 40 for the primary time with a No. 15 hit.

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But it was with 1983’s “Jeopardy,” a tune that benefitted from a lot MTV airplay through the music community’s earliest years, that took Kihn and his four-piece band into the Top 10. The tune climbed to No. 2 and grew to become his greatest and best-known hit, due to the conceptual video that featured Kihn as a groom terrorized by otherworldly creatures.

Over the following three years, Kihn positioned six extra singles within the Top 100 or simply exterior of it, some along with his band and some launched underneath his solo identify (like 1986’s “Love and Rock and Roll,” his final chart entry).

Among his hottest albums, Rockihnroll (1981), Kihntinued (1982) and Kihnspiracy (1983) all reached the Top 40.

In 1996 Kihn grew to become a disc jockey at San Jose’s KUFX and quickly after that printed his first novel, Horror Show, which was nominated for a Bram Stoker Award. He penned a number of different horror books over time.

In July, Kihn hinted on Facebook that he was retiring. “After so many years of touring as well as doing radio shows from 3 a.m. -3 p.m. for 15 years, it’s finally time I get to chill out,” he wrote. “I’m enjoying sleeping in, watching movies, listening to music and my favorite thing to do is just spend time with my family.”

The announcement of his loss of life famous {that a} “public celebration of life concert for fans and fellow musicians will be announced in the near future.”