Longtime local rock music legend Donnie Iris has died.
Born Dominic Ierace in New Castle and raised in Ellwood City, Iris also attended Slippery Rock University.
He first came to national prominence with the band The Jaggerz and their hit “The Rapper.”
Iris would later go on to see solo success with songs “Ah, Leah!” and “Love is Like a Rock.”
Iris performed in Butler multiple times throughout his career and would frequently return to his alma mater SRU. He also had an office in Butler for a time.
Iris last played the opening show of the new Citizens Live at the Wylie in Pittsburgh last month.
He had been battling bladder cancer for the last three years.
Donnie Iris was 83.
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