Skillet frontman John Cooper paid tribute to Christian rock icon Mylon LeFevre, who passed away from cancer last Friday.
LeFevre, 78, was best known for his band, Mylon and Broken Heart, for which he was the lead singer. He recorded more than 20 albums and won a Grammy Award and a Dove Award with his band for his 1987 album Crack The Sky, ChurchLeaders.com reports.
“So we’ve got some super bad news. My very good friend and Christian music icon Mylon LeFevre… passed away, I guess, last night. I love Mylon. He was just a great friend to me and a great mentor to me in the last few years,” Cooper said in a video posted to Facebook.
Cooper noted that while he does not usually post on private matters, “Mylon deserves to be known and celebrated. He was such a Christian music hero, a revolutionary for Christ—his testimony is unbelievable.”
He also pointed to the late singer’s ability to quote Scripture from the King James Bible.
“I’ve never known anybody that quotes the…
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