Robert Wilson, Bassist for the Gap Band, Dead at 53 2.10K Jeff Neumann 08/17/10 06:43AM Filed to: and now he's dead and now he's dead Music The gap band funk Robert Wilson Video The bassist for the Gap Band, Robert Wilson died Sunday in Palmdale, Califfornia of an apparent heart attack at age 53. "My brother Robert was a bad boy on the bass," Charlie Wilson said in a statement.RIP Robert. All aboard the Party Train! [Image via AP]