Chuck Negron, one of the founding members and lead singer of rock hounds Three Dog Night, died on Monday. Negron passed away at his home in Studio City, California, surrounded by family, according to a representative for the artist. After landing in Los Angeles, Negron began exploring Hollywood’s music industry, and in 1967, he founded Three Dog Night with fellow singers Danny Hutton and Cory Wells. Hutton and Wells continued under the Three Dog Night banner, and Hutton, the lone original member, still tours today. After decades of estrangement from Hutton, Negron and Hutton met last year “in a timely effort to exchange apologies and bury the hatchet,” according to a statement.