Daniel Joseph Hosker

Hosker, Daniel Joseph, beloved local musician of Fort Lauderdale, FL, (formerly of Peabody and Danvers, MA), died Saturday, August 11, 2012 surrounded by friends and family at Gold Coast Home Health and Hospice as a result of injuries sustained in a May 2012 car accident. Dan was a fixture in the South Florida music community, most notably as guitarist for The Holy Terrors. He played a variety of instruments including guitar, bass, drums, banjo, and cello, and shared his talents as a member of the bands Harry Pussy, The Bikes, Boise Bob & His Backyard Band and The Hivebuzzers. His other projects included solo venture Doersam, film scores "She Sank on Shallow Bank" (2005) and "Something Awful" (2006), and many other music endeavors with Dumbo, Aquafly, Nacht, The Girls Named Lourdis, Puppetree, Undrskor, and Wolfboy & the Fantods. He also played with the Laundry Room Squelchers, Charlie Pickett, and Mr. Entertainment. He was born in Salem, MA on December 9, 1965, the son of the late Neila (Vigars) Moore and Francis Kenneth Hosker and was a resident of Danvers and Peabody, MA before moving to Fort Lauderdale in the early 1990s. He is a 1983 graduate of Bishop Fenwick High School in Peabody, MA where he was active in sports and musical productions. Preceded in death by his mother Neila Moore, he is survived by his father, Francis Kenneth Hosker of Boca Raton, FL; sister, Christine (Hosker) O'Brien and her husband Kenneth O'Brien of Peabody, MA; brothers John M. Moore III and his wife Stephanie Moore of Danvers, MA and Michael Hosker and his wife Heather of Warwick, RI; and beloved nieces and nephews Katie and Joe O'Brien, Jamison, Madison and Emerson Moore, and Ollie and Claire Hosker. Visitation Friday, August 17, 2012, 4 to 8 p.m. with a Celebration of Life Service at 7 p.m. all at Landmark Funeral Home. A memorial service will be held in Massachusetts later this year. In lieu of flowers the family requests donations to Music Cares Foundation website in Dan's name www.grammy.org/musicares Arrangements by Landmark Funeral Home; 4200 Hollywood Blvd., Hollywood, FL 33021 954-989-8220.