Nick Menza, a former drummer in heavy metal band Megadeth, has died after suffering a "massive heart attack" on stage, his manager has said.

Menza, who was 51, was playing with his band OHM at the Baked Potato in Los Angeles on Saturday night when he collapsed, Rob Bolger said. Mr Bolger said the "legendary drummer" had been taken to hospital and was pronounced dead on arrival.

Menza joined Megadeth in 1989 and played on four albums, leaving in 1998. His biographer and friend J Marshall Craig said his death had left his friends "all too numb to think about anything but Nick's family".

"He just spent nearly two weeks with the boys in the Pacific Northwest and was absolutely glowing," he said.

"He was scheduled to fly to my home in Cape Cod tomorrow so that we could finish the comic book version of the book we wrote on his life, MenzaLife, both of which are slated for release late next month."

Mr Bolger said Menza had "collapsed during the third song into a set with his band OHM".

"Earliest reports indicate he suffered a massive heart attack."

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I'm not even sure if there's anyone on this board aside from myself that even likes Megadeth, but given the amount of musicians dying this year, this is fairly noteworthy, especially considering that it happened during a show.