UPDATE: Early this morning the group posted this on its official site … “It is with great sadness and heavy hearts that we tell you of the passing today of Jimmy ‘The Rev’ Sullivan.

"It is with great sadness and heavy hearts that we tell you of the passing today of Jimmy 'The Rev' Sullivan,” the surviving members of Avenged Sevenfold posted on their website on Dec. 28 ...

Avenged Sevenfold drummer Jimmy “The Rev” Sullivan was found dead at his home in Huntington Beach, California, yesterday. He was 28. Preliminary police reports indicate Sullivan died of ...

“It is with great sadness and heavy hearts that we tell you of the passing today of Jimmy ‘The Rev’ Sullivan,” the other four band members said in a statement posted Tuesday on the group ...

Avenged Sevenfold drummer James Sullivan, known as The Rev, performs during the Extreme Thing Festival in 2006 in Las Vegas. (Ethan Miller/Getty Images) Fans have responded in droves to the news ...

HUNTINGTON BEACH, Calif., Dec. 29 (UPI) -- Avenged Sevenfold drummer Jimmy "The Rev" Sullivan has died of apparent natural causes in his Huntington Beach, Calif., home, officials said. He was 28.

An autopsy is inconclusive as to the cause of death for Avenged Sevenfold drummer Jimmy "The Rev" Sullivan. Orange County sheriff's spokesman Jim Amormino said Tuesday that the coroner's office ...

An autopsy was scheduled on 28-year-old Jimmy “The Rev” Sullivan, the drummer for the Orange County hard rock band Avenged Sevenfold, following his sudden death. Sullivan was found unconscious ...

The lyrics jump out. The sparse, haunting, discordant ballad, consisting only of Jimmy “The Rev” Sullivan on piano, drums and vocal, fills the room — the same room where, last May ...

HUNTINGTON BEACH – An autopsy was pending on Tuesday on the body of 28- year-old Jimmy “The Rev” Sullivan, the drummer for the hard rock band Avenged Sevenfold, following his unexpected death.

foRever The Rev always our hearts ... writing on his Twitter page, "Rip Jimmy Sullivan - 2 years gone.. .I was privileged to see first-hand the impact you had on your friends, family & fans ...