Felix Pappalardi, one of Rock's most underrated guitarists, had his life and career come to a sudden and tragic end when he was shot in the neck and killed by his wife in the couple's home on this day in 1983.  His wife served 2 years on a manslaughter sentence that many found too light to begin with.  The Mountain guitarist had been having an affair and had just returned home when his wife plugged him with a derringer he had given her as a gift. Her claim was that the gun went off accidentally. The Daily News reported that the couple's marriage license was found shredded in a garbage pail and that her first phone call following the incident was to her lawyer, not 911.