{"id":718390,"date":"2026-06-06T05:48:13","date_gmt":"2026-06-06T05:48:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/718390\/"},"modified":"2026-06-06T05:48:13","modified_gmt":"2026-06-06T05:48:13","slug":"legendary-rock-tattoo-artist-greg-james-dead-at-71","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/718390\/","title":{"rendered":"Legendary Rock Tattoo Artist Greg James Dead at 71"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>                          Greg James<br \/>\n                          Rock&#8217;s Go-To Tattoo Artist Dead at 71<\/p>\n<p>\n                                                                        Published<br \/>\n                              June 5, 2026<br \/>\n                            5:51 PM PDT\n                                                                            <\/p>\n<p>                  <a class=\"js-click-image js-track-link image-lightbox-preview\" data-node-ref=\"tmz:image-asset:image_png_20260606_d05cc6215b7345c88fd3dfbfa3da14bc\" data-container-ref=\"tmz:article:2bfef210-f869-4520-b92e-5ac79b1cd851\" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;image&quot;}\"><\/p>\n<p>                          <img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"eager\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/d05cc6215b7345c88fd3dfbfa3da14bc_md.png\" alt=\"main greg james insta\" width=\"728\" height=\"546\" class=\"img-fluid image-block__img-fluid img-aspect-auto\"\/><\/p>\n<p>                  <\/a><\/p>\n<p>Greg James &#8212; the legendary tattoo artist whose work appeared on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/people\/ozzy-osbourne\/\" rel=\"noreferrer nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Ozzy Osbourne<\/a>, members of M\u00f6tley Cr\u00fce and countless other rock stars &#8212; has died, TMZ has learned.<\/p>\n<p>The Sunset Strip Tattoo founder&#8217;s family tells TMZ he passed away Thursday in North Carolina. His cause of death is unknown at this time.<\/p>\n<p>                  <a class=\"js-click-image js-track-link image-lightbox-preview\" data-node-ref=\"tmz:image-asset:image_png_20260606_10d54674e4dd43c2a3ca4411dcf3c675\" data-container-ref=\"tmz:article:2bfef210-f869-4520-b92e-5ac79b1cd851\" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;image&quot;}\"><\/p>\n<p>                          <img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/10d54674e4dd43c2a3ca4411dcf3c675_md.png\" alt=\"sub greg james insta 2\" width=\"728\" height=\"546\" class=\"img-fluid image-block__img-fluid img-aspect-auto\"\/><\/p>\n<p>                  <\/a><\/p>\n<p>Over the years, Greg became one of the most recognizable names in the tattoo world, earning the trust of some of rock&#8217;s biggest icons, including <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/people\/joan-jett\/\" rel=\"noreferrer nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Joan Jett<\/a>, Buckcherry members, and more.<\/p>\n<p><a id=\"continued\" class=\"continued-anchor\"\/><\/p>\n<p>                  <a class=\"js-click-image js-track-link image-lightbox-preview\" data-node-ref=\"tmz:image-asset:image_png_20260606_b78bc9e7198648ecadb53c09a6707114\" data-container-ref=\"tmz:article:2bfef210-f869-4520-b92e-5ac79b1cd851\" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;image&quot;}\"><\/p>\n<p>                          <img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/b78bc9e7198648ecadb53c09a6707114_md.png\" alt=\"sub greg james insta 1\" width=\"728\" height=\"546\" class=\"img-fluid image-block__img-fluid img-aspect-auto\"\/><\/p>\n<p>                  <\/a><\/p>\n<p>During his almost forty-year career, he was even the go-to tattoo artist for Hollywood stars including <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/people\/sarah-michelle-gellar\/\" rel=\"noreferrer nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Sarah Michelle Gellar<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/people\/charlie-sheen\/\" rel=\"noreferrer nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Charlie Sheen<\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/people\/denise-richards\/\" rel=\"noreferrer nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Denise Richards<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>He was 71.<\/p>\n<p>R.I.P<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Greg James Rock&#8217;s Go-To Tattoo Artist Dead at 71 Published June 5, 2026 5:51 PM PDT Greg James&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":718391,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[49,48,75],"class_list":["post-718390","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-entertainment","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-entertainment"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/718390","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=718390"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/718390\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/718391"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=718390"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=718390"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=718390"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}