What is David Crosby?
[[File:David Crosby 2019 by Glenn Francis.jpg|thumb|right|Crosby in Los Angeles, July 2019]] '''David Van Cortland Crosby''' (August 14, 1941 &ndash; January 18, 2023) was an [[Americans|American]] [[guitar]]ist, [[singer]] and [[songwriter]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.biography.com/people/david-crosby-9542347 |title=David Crosby Biography |author= |website= |publisher=Bioi/A&E Television Network, LLC |accessdate=20 February 2016 |archive-date=18 March 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160318232901/http://www.biography.com/people/david-crosby-9542347 |url-status=dead }}</ref> He was most [[celebrity|famous]] as a founding member of the bands [[The Byrds]] and [[Crosby, Stills, and Nash]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.allmusic.com/artist/david-crosby-mn0000644880/biography |title=David Crosby |author=Jason Ankeny |website= |publisher=AllMusic |accessdate=20 February 2016}}</ref> He was born in [[Los Angeles]], [[California]]. In the [[2020 United States presidential election|2020 presidential election]], Crosby supported [[Vermont]] [[United States Senator]] [[Bernie Sanders]].<ref>{{Cite magazine|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/david-crosby-reuniting-csny-985558/|title=David Crosby on Live Music's Uncertain Future — and Why He Hasn't Given Up on Reuniting CSNY|date=April 17, 2020|magazine=Rolling Stone|access-date=June 26, 2020}}</ref> Crosby died suddenly on the night of January 18, 2023 at his home in [[Santa Ynez, California]].<ref>{{cite news|url = https://variety.com/2023/music/news/david-crosby-working-on-tour-album-up-to-his-death-1235498506/|title = David Crosby Was Working on a Planned Tour and New Album Up to the Day He Died, Collaborators Say|work = [[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]|date = January 22, 2023|accessdate = January 22, 2023|last = Willman|first = Chris}}</ref> He was 81.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Morris |first1=Chris |title=David Crosby, Byrds and Crosby, Stills & Nash Co-Founder, Dies at 81 |url=https://variety.com/2023/music/news/david-crosby-dead-dies-by