Scott Weiland, the troubled ex-lead singer of the band Stone Temple Pilots, died in his sleep at 48 on his tour bus in Bloomington, Minnesota, Breaking Celebrity News has learned.

Weiland's manager Tom Vitorino confirmed the singer's passing, pointing to a post on the "Plush".

Weiland's widow Jamie Weiland told the Los Angeles Times, "I can't deal with this right now … it's true."

Police in Bloomington issued a statement saying that "at 8:22 p.m" local time, "officers responded to a report of an unresponsive adult male in a recreational motor vehicle