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Rock legend has died: Manager names the cause of death, colleagues are dismayed

2020-10-21T12:03:51.221Z


The music world is in great mourning for rock legend Spencer Davis. The talented musician died of pneumonia at the age of 81.


The music world is in great mourning for rock legend Spencer Davis.

The talented musician died of pneumonia at the age of 81.

  • Rock legend

    and

    all-rounder Spencer Davis

    has died.

  • According to his

    manager

    he was before his

    death

    because of a

    lung infection

    in

    hospital

    treated.

  • He became world famous through the "Spencer Davis Group" with hits like "Keep On Running".

New York - Not only Hollywood is in great mourning for one of its stars.

A

sad news

reached the

world of music

, and

many rock music fans

: The musician and

band founder Spencer Davis

's (19 October 2020) on Monday died at the age of 81 years.

His

manager Bob Birk

confirmed this

to the German Press Agency in New York.

The reason for Davis' previous

hospitalization

was

pneumonia

, Birk said.

Rock legend Spencer Davis is dead: Manager names the cause of death and mourns

The father of three adult children was "

a highly moral, very talented, good-natured, extremely intelligent, generous man,

" his manager knows.

In addition to his children, the native Welshman leaves his partner June.

In the 1960s, Davis founded the

band

named after him,

"The Spencer Davis Group"

.

The

four musicians became

known and

successful

primarily through

songs

such as

"Somebody Help Me"

and

"Keep On Running"

.

The Briton later moved to the USA to work on solo projects there.

However, his music career began much earlier - during his studies.

The

musical talent

, who could play both

guitar

and

keyboard

and also

took over

the

vocals

, was then on stage with later stars like

Fleetwood Mac musician Christine McVie

and the

bassist of the Rolling Stones

,

Bill Wyman

.

When he moved to

California

, he worked, among other things, as a

manager of

a

record company

and promoted

artists

such as

Robert Palmer

and

Bob Marley

.

One of his

colleagues

, however, was dismayed by the

news of his death

on social networks

.

Rock legend Spencer Davis dies: Colleagues are dismayed by the news of his death

Bill Wyman

expresses his

grief

on

Facebook *

.

“I just got the sad news that my old friend Spencer Davis died yesterday.

He was 81 years old, ”said Wyman.

“I met him for the first time in 1966 when the Spencer Davis Group supported The Rolling Stones on our UK tour,” recalls the 83-year-old. “

We became good friends and have remained so to this day.

“The contact between the two apparently never completely broke off.

"He was a

rare character

as he had a degree in the German language, which he jokingly used to write in my guest books," writes Wyman.

"I have

very fond memories of Spencer

- a very

friendly, humorous man

and send

my

condolences to

his

family

." (Jbr) * tz.de is part of the Ippen-Digital editorial network

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