Dr. Stacie Lyn Boyd died Saturday in a freak accident involving a runaway oxygen tank that belonged to Mick Jagger, the world�s oldest living man, at a Rolling Stones reunion concert. She was seventy-eight.

Mrs. Boyd was born Stacie Lyn Walker* on May 14, 1984 at Vassar Brothers Hospital in Poughkeepsie, New York to John and Linda Walker. She graduated from high school in 2002, then attended the State University of New York at New Paltz. In her junior year, she utilized the university�s study abroad program and traveled to England, her favorite place in the world. In 2006 she graduated with high honors from New Paltz with Bachelor of Arts degrees in Psychology and Communications.

She then finally left Poughkeepsie to attend Stanford University in order to earn her PhD in Psychology. To earn money for her tuition and living expenses, she worked as a high school guidance counselor. During this time, she met her future husband, Chester Bennington, after they were both involved in a car accident on a Los Angeles highway. Bennington�s wife, who was driving while intoxicated, had caused the accident and died of her injuries. Mrs. Boyd and Mr. Bennington, who happened to be the lead singer of the popular rock band Linkin Park, escaped the accident with minor injuries. They fell in love and married on November 13, 2009. Stacie adopted his seven-year old son Draven Bennington.

On April 20, 2011, the couple celebrated the birth of their first and only child together, Rivers Trent Bennington. During this time Mrs. Boyd played guitar for the biggest band in the universe, Stroke-A-Mole. In 2012, her life was stricken with tragedy when her husband was viciously attacked by a mutant sand crab during a family vacation in Wells Beach. He was unable to be saved despite hours of painful reconstructive surgery. Fortunately, Dr. Boyd was strong-willed and able to overcome the gruesome loss of her beloved husband. She sued the owner of the mutant crab, Creed singer Scott Stapp, and gained 2.5 million dollars, which she immediately donated to the Artists Against Mutant Sand Crabs Association (AAMSCA). Apparently, Stapp had trained the mutant sand crab to brutally murder Fred Durst, and the plan tragically backfired. The sand crab, named Pouf Le Bon, was executed in front of a live audience on the set of Saturday Night Live. Scott Stapp was sent to prison.

After the death of her husband, Dr. Boyd found the pressures of being the guitarist for the best band in the universe too taxing. She decided to take a job as a rock journalist for Rolling Stone magazine and quit the band in order to spend more time with her family. At Dr. Boyd�s final Stroke-A-Mole concert, a twist of fate allowed Incubus to become the opening band instead of scheduled opener, Stone Temple Pilots. STP�s singer, Scott Weiland, had suffered a stroke backstage and was unable to perform. Because of this unprecedented event, Stacie was introduced to the lead singer of Incubus, the incredibly sexy Brandon Boyd.

The happy couple was wed on her thirtieth birthday, May 14, 2014. After having two beautiful children, Jayden Thomas, born March 15, 2015, and Hannah Mary, born December 4, 2017, the couple moved from San Francisco to Ontario, Canada, where they raised their children. After all of the children were living on their own, Mrs. Boyd retired from her job at Rolling Stone and traveled the world with her husband. They returned to Canada to live a quiet life.

Mr. Boyd, now 86, survives at home. Mrs. Boyd is also survived by her children; stepson Draven Bennington and his wife Ellen, of Los Angeles, Rivers Trent Bennington and his wife Jennifer of London, England, Jayden Thomas Boyd of Ontario, Canada, and Hannah Mary Phillips and husband Peter, of New York City. Other surviving family members include her sister and brother in law, Christie and Kenneth Spiech of Laurel, MD; her brother Randy Walker of Orlando, FL; several nieces, nephews, grandchildren, and one great grandson. Her former Stroke-A-Mole bandmate Nikki Reznor also survives her. Mrs. Boyd was predeceased by her parents, grandparents, and her first husband.

In lieu of flowers, the family asks that donations be made to AAMSCA or the National AIDS Foundation.

Calling hours will be Tuesday from seven to nine p.m. at Our Lady Peace Funeral Home on Main Street in Toront. The funeral will be held there on Wednesday at one p.m.

Dr. Boyd wished to be cremated and have her ashes brought to England. The family will fulfill her wishes after the funeral.