Ugh, not happy to hear this. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-12024652
It was only a week or two ago I was watching a clip on YouTube of him talking with MS and I felt bad for him, I absolutely love his albums and have a signed painting of the Trout Mask Replica cover on my wall (signed by the original artist Cal Schenkel though, not Beefheart). Beefheart has had such a massive influence on music in ways so many people don't even realise, a true great.