Eagles (band) Former members Randy Meisner and Don Felder did not appear. Meisner had been invited but could not participate for health reasons, while Felder was never asked. Though his lawsuits against the Eagles were settled in 2007, Henley claimed that Felder continued to "engage in legal action, of one kind or another" against the band, but did not state what those actions were. The Eagles (Frey, Henley, Walsh, and Schmit) were slated to receive Kennedy Center Honors in 2015, but this was deferred to 2016 due to Frey's health problems. On January 18, 2016, founding member Glenn Frey died at the
Glenn A. Abbey Glenn A. Abbey Glenn A. Abbey (June 11, 1898 – January 28, 1962) was a United States diplomat. Abbey was born Glenn Allan Abbey on June 11, 1898, to William Searle and Ida Elmira Abbey in Dodgeville, Wisconsin. He attended Georgetown University. He died on January 28, 1962, in San Antonio, Texas. Abbey served in the United States Army during World War I. After serving in Haiti, Abbey served as U.S. vice consul in Johannesburg, South Africa from 1928 to 1931. This was followed by positions in Nicaragua, Venezuela, Argentina, Paraguay, and Washington, D.C. He was appointed consul at Bombay