Michael “Tunes” Antunes, who played saxophone across five decades for popular rock band John Cafferty & the Beaver Brown Band, has died.

He was 85.

The band announced that Antunes died on Aug. 19, nine days after his birthday, on social media.

“Our hearts are filled with so many emotions,” John Cafferty wrote. “Love, gratitude, respect, joy for our precious time together and sadness for our gentle and fond farewell. It will always be one of life’s true gifts to have traveled the world over these many years within ‘Tunes’ inner circle of love and magic on this amazing musical journey we’ve been blessed with.”

Antunes death also reportedly came just 10 days after his final performance at the Narrows Center in Fall River. The band sang “Happy Birthday” to him during that show. He was suff

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