“This Is Spinal Faucet” Actor David Kaff Useless at 79

David Kaff — finest identified for his function as keyboardist Viv Savage within the iconic movie, “That is Spinal Faucet,” has died.

Kaff’s band, “Mutual of Alameda’s Wild Kingdom,” posted an announcement on Fb, saying he died peacefully in his sleep, however no reason for loss of life was given.

The laborious rock group mentioned they had been devastated by Kaff’s loss of life, explaining that he was sort, quick-witted and would at all times make individuals smile.

Kaff (actual identify David Kaffinetti) launched his music profession as a pioneering member of the British rock band, “Uncommon Fowl,” from 1969 to 1975. Throughout this time, the group launched 5 studio albums and their single, “Sympathy, rocketed up the charts and bought an estimated a million copies worldwide.

Then Kaff obtained his massive break within the 1984 Rob Reiner directed mockumentary, “This Is Spinal Faucet,” when he was forged as Viv Savage, who performed the keyboard within the pretend English rock band.

His character had some memorable strains within the film, comparable to “Fairly thrilling, this laptop magic!” and “Have time…on a regular basis.”

Despite the fact that “Spinal Faucet” was a fictional band, Kaff and the opposite actors performed some stay exhibits by the primary 12 months of the film’s launch, even acting on “Saturday Evening Reside.” However then Kaff left the band by 12 months’s finish and by no means seemed again, slicing all ties.

Kaff was 79.