Family, Friends Remember JANI LANE At Ohio Service

August 22, 2011

According to The North Royalton Post, a hundred or so family and friends remembered former WARRANT singer Jani Lane last Saturday (August 20) in an 85-minute service at Crossroads Community Church in Doylestown, Ohio.

Lane, born John Kennedy Oswald, was separated from his third wife, the former Kimberly Nash, at the time of his death. He is survived by a brother, Eric; three sisters, Marcine Williams, Michelle Robinson and Victoria Oswald; a daughter from his first marriage, Taylar Lane; a daughter from his second marriage, Madison Lane; and two stepdaughters, Ryan and Brittany.

"He had a demon, which was alcohol," said Lane's first cousin, Adam Gable, who said he last saw Lane in 2010. "I think the drinking just got the best of him."

"My father was Jani Lane's biggest fan ever," Lane's sister Marcine Williams said. "He communicated with metal magazines and writers and was at his concerts. My parents could always separate Jani from John. They were never embarrassed by him."

Lane's sister Michelle Robinson said she hadn't spoken to her brother in eight or nine months but said she knew his lifestyle could one day catch up with him.

"I just think in general the lifestyle that anyone chooses in that kind of industry, you're always taking that kind of risk," she said. "Really it's who you choose to have around you. That's the bottom line."

Robinson, who was the last person in her family to see Lane, said, "Heroes are remembered and legends never die. And that's true. He always enjoyed being the star and being the frontman. He would enjoy this."

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