Modest Mouse founding member Jeremiah Green dies at age 45

Jeremiah Green helped found the post-grunge band Modest Mouse. Photograph: Jason Koerner/Getty Images for Audacy

Jeremiah Green, a founding member and drummer of US rock band Modest Mouse, died on Saturday after recently being diagnosed with cancer.

“I don’t know a way to ease into this: Today we lost our dear friend Jeremiah,” Modest Mouse wrote on its Instagram account. “He laid down to rest and simply faded out.”