Terry Knight and the Pack

(Born April 9, 1943, Michigan; died November 1, 2004, Temple, Texas)

Former Grand Funk Railroad Manager Murdered
By Paul Cashmere

Terry Knight, the manager of Grand Funk Railroad from 1969 to 1972, was murdered on Monday night [November 1, 2004].  Police were called to Knight’s apartment at around 10.30pm. He was found with several stab-wounds. They tried to revive him by CPR. He died soon after.  Knight had left Grand Funk Railroad under unfriendly circumstances and founding member Don Brewer says they had not spoken for more than 30 years.   However, in a statement Brewer says “We were shocked to here that Terry had been murdered. Even though we have not had a friendly relationship with Terry over the last 30 years it still was very distressing to hear of his death”.  “Terry Knight was instrumental in the birth and early success of Grand Funk Railroad from 1969 to 1972. Having been a former bandmate in previous bands with Grand Funk’s? Don Brewer and Mark Farner (The Pack, and Terry Knight and the Pack) Knight later became manager and producer of Grand Funk Railroad. During those years Grand Funk sold millions of records and toured the world as one of the biggest rock bands of all time even selling out Shea Stadium in NYC faster than The Beatles”.  “There was a major falling out between the members of Grand Funk and Terry in 1972 and Terry was fired. This led to huge lawsuits and lasting discord between GFR and Terry”.  “Grand Funk moved on and continued to have great success with million selling hits ‘We’re An American Band,’ ‘Locomotion,’ ‘Some Kind Of Wonderful’ and ‘Bad Time.’  “We have had very little personal contact with Terry over the last 30 years”.  “We deeply regret Terry’s death and our sympathy goes out to his family.”
Knight lived at Chapell Hill Apartments with his daughter and her boyfriend, Donald Alan Fair, 26, who has been charged with murder. ~ http://feeds.bignewsnetwork.com/?sid=973e9ce814d7804d