"How you live is how you should die," Nixon's family wrote in a statement released on
Facebook, where they announced the musician's death.
"Nixon was full-tilt, wide-open rock hard, root hog, corner on two wheels + on fire.
"Passing after a blazing show, a raging night, closing the bar, taking no prisoners + a good breakfast with bandmates and friends.
"A cardiac event on the Outlaw Country Cruise is about right... & that's just how he did it, Mojo has left the building. The statement continued. “Since Elvis is everywhere, we know he was waiting for him in the alley out back. Heaven help us all.”