Jefferson Airplane
Signe Toly Anderson (September 15, 1941 – January 28, 2016), born
in Seattle and raised in Portland, Oregon after her parents divorced.
Beaverton, Oregon (AP) – Signe Toly Anderson, a vocalist and original member
of the Jefferson Airplane who left the band after its first record and was replaced
by Grace Slick, has died.
Anderson died Thursday at her home in Beaverton, Oregon, according to her
daughter, Onateska Ladybug Sherwood. Anderson had been suffering from
chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. Signe Anderson, who survived cancer
in her 30s, died on the same day that another Airplane member, Paul Kantner,
died.
