{"id":187169,"date":"2025-12-16T21:49:07","date_gmt":"2025-12-16T21:49:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/187169\/"},"modified":"2025-12-16T21:49:07","modified_gmt":"2025-12-16T21:49:07","slug":"stone-roses-bassist-gary-mani-mounfield-cause-of-death-confirmed-funeral-to-take-place-monday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/187169\/","title":{"rendered":"Stone Roses bassist Gary \u2018Mani\u2019 Mounfield cause of death confirmed, funeral to take place Monday"},"content":{"rendered":"

Mounfield\u2019s death was announced via social media by his brother Greg Mounfield.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt is with the heaviest of hearts that I have to announce the sad passing of my brother. Gary Mani Mounfield RIP,\u201d he wrote.<\/p>\n

Mounfield\u2019s wife of 25 years, Imelda Mounfield, died almost exactly two years earlier on November 18, 2023 after a late-stage diagnosis of bowel cancer. She was 50.<\/p>\n

There was an outpouring of loving tributes from fellow artists and fans after his death last month.<\/p>\n

His former Stone Roses bandmates said: \u201cRIP our wonderful brother Mani. The greatest bass player and friend we could ever have wished for\u201d.<\/p>\n

Oasis\u2019 Liam Gallagher said he was \u201cabsolutely devastated\u201d and in \u201ctotal shock\u201d.<\/p>\n

Tim Burgess of The Charlatans called Mounfield \u201cone of the absolute best in every way\u201d.<\/p>\n

Born in Crumpsall, Manchester on November 16, 1962, Mounfield would go on to attain legendary status as a bassist on the alternative rock and indie music scenes.<\/p>\n

He played with the Stone Roses from 1983 until 1996 when the band went through a bitter break-up.<\/p>\n

He joined Scottish rock band Primal Scream after the split and played bass with them until 2011, when The Stone Roses reformed after meeting at Mounfield\u2019s mother\u2019s funeral.<\/p>\n

Mounfield performed with The Stone Roses at the Auckland stop on their 2013 reunion tour<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The one-off show at Spark Arena featured the original band line-up of Ian Brown, John Squire, Alan \u201cReni\u201d Wren, and Mounfield.<\/p>\n

They played such smash hits as I Am the Resurrection and I Wanna Be Adored.<\/p>\n

Mounfield\u2019s funeral is set for next Monday at Manchester Cathedral.<\/p>\n

Gary and Imelda Mounfield are survived by their 12-year-old twin sons Gene Clarke Mounfield and George Christopher Mounfield.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Mounfield\u2019s death was announced via social media by his brother Greg Mounfield. \u201cIt is with the heaviest of…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":187170,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[74,66428,5837,25346,49202,2223,634,6179,14949,156,26524,35369,3218,117743,9878,117744,111,139,69,1118,6744,13221,1629,49123,28723,199,61,102,15123],"class_list":["post-187169","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-entertainment","tag-after","tag-bassist","tag-battle","tag-cause","tag-complications","tag-confirmed","tag-death","tag-died","tag-emphysema","tag-entertainment","tag-funeral","tag-gary","tag-icon","tag-mani","tag-monday","tag-mounfield","tag-new-zealand","tag-newzealand","tag-nz","tag-of","tag-place","tag-respiratory","tag-rock","tag-roses","tag-stone","tag-take","tag-to","tag-with","tag-yearslong"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/187169","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=187169"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/187169\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/187170"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=187169"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=187169"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=187169"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}