In Memoriam: Kirsten 'Lady K' Malone of The Faux: 1975-2004

Pitchfork Media is reporting that Kirsten "Lady K" Malone of The Faux has died due to injuries after being struck by a car, she was 29. The website reports that Malone passed away on early Tuesday morning, having been struck by a car while riding her bike in Allston, MA a few days prior on Saturday, June 12th.
Kirsten was a founding member of The Statue Factor, who played between `98 and 2000, and formed The Faux with Statue Factor singer Joseph Coelho in 2001. The Faux released their debut EP last year on Tarantulas Records [review].

Services for Kirsten will be held at St. Luke's Church in Westport, CT on Saturday, June 19th, at 10:00am. Friends and fans in Boston are staging a DIY get-together at that time. It takes place where the footbridge meets Cambridge Street in Allston, which is where the accident occured.