"Thom provided a wonderful life for his family," Nanette said in a statement. "We are shocked and saddened by his death."
There was no immediate word on an official cause of death. Calls to the coroner's office were not immediately returned.
The newspaper said friends and family on Friday began planning a private service and were weighing a public celebration for a later date.
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