11 Facts About Ken Forssi

Kenneth Raymond Forssi was an American musician, best known as the original bass player in the band Love.

Ken Forssi was born in Cleveland, Ohio, the older of two sons, along with brother Charles, born to Raymond B and Lola G Forssi.

Ken Forssi attended Sarasota High School where he demonstrated considerable talent in engineering drawing.

Ken Forssi proved to be mechanically skilled as a teenager, working on both motorcycles and cars, sometimes as a paid part-time employee of local businesses.

Ken Forssi was eventually employed as a draftsman at a large Sarasota aerospace engineering company.

Ken Forssi continued to attend college and study art, using his earnings from The Surfaris' Japanese tour to rent an apartment closer to the school.

Ken Forssi found a roommate, Alban "Snoopy" Pfisterer, who was a student there.

Ken Forssi was a true believer, along with many new fans, in the artistic talent of Lee, and in the quality of the band.

Ken Forssi played briefly with a band called "The Elves Themselves" and worked on a record with Jimi Hendrix.

Ken Forssi mostly worked at various odd jobs over the years, his employment usually hampered by long-term substance-abuse problems which seem to have started during the years of fame.

Ken Forssi died in nearby Tallahassee on January 5,1998, according to his Tallahassee Democrat obituary, due to a brain tumor.