Legendary British drummer Ginger Baker, founding member of British psychedelic band Cream, dies aged 80
Baker was admitted to hospital several weeks ago after becoming"critically ill", according to posts on his Twitter account.Legendary British drummer Ginger Baker, a founding member of British psychedelic band Cream, died on Sunday aged 80, it was announced on his Twitter account.
"We are very sad to say that Ginger has passed away peacefully in hospital this morning," a message posted on his page on the social media website stated.Baker was admitted to hospital several weeks ago after becoming "critically ill", according to posts on his Twitter account.Baker helped to found the supergroup Cream in 1966 alongside guitarist Eric Clapton and bassist and vocalist Jack Bruce.
He emerged in the 1960s at the same time as other legendary rock drummers Charlie Watts of the Rolling Stones and Mitch Mitchell of the Jimi Hendrix Experience. Described by the BBC as "a temperamental and argumentative figure, whose behaviour frequently led to on-stage punch-ups", Baker was considered one of the most innovative and influential drummers of his generation.
Born Peter Edward Baker in southeast London in 1939, he adopted the nickname Ginger due to the flaming red hair of his youth.
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