Earth, Wind & Fire drummer Fred White, seen here performing on stage in an undated photo, has died, according to an Instagram post by his older brother and former bandmate Verdine White.
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(CNN) --
Fred White, drummer for the classic 1970s band Earth, Wind & Fire, has died, according to an Instagram post by his older brother and former bandmate Verdine White.
He was 67 years old.
Verdine White wrote on Instagram Sunday: "Our family is saddened by the loss of an incredible and talented member, our loving brother Frederick Eugene 'Freddie' White."
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Verdine White called his brother a "wunderkind" and regarded him as an "original" founding member of Earth, Wind & Fire "going gold at the young age of 16".
“But more than that,” Verdine White continued, “at home and beyond he was the wonderful brother who was always entertaining and charmingly mischievous!”
Details about the cause of death were not immediately known.
CNN has reached out to the band's representatives.
The band's official Instagram account also posted a memorial tribute to Fred White, by sharing a clip of a drum solo during Earth, Wind & Fire's world tour at Rockpalast in Essen, Germany in 1979.
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Philip Bailey, one of Earth, Wind & Fire's original lead singers, also posted a tribute to Fred White, sharing an image celebrating the band's double Grammy win in 1980.
"We will miss you Freddie," he wrote.