Richard Lloyd, Television's Virtuoso Guitarist, Dead at 75
Richard Lloyd, the influential co-founder and guitarist of the punk band Television, has died at age 75 from bile duct cancer. Lloyd was known for his intricate, melodic guitar work that helped define the band's seminal 1977 album, Marquee Moon.
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Lloyd's death marks the passing of a significant figure in the development of punk and art-rock music.
Richard Lloyd, the Television co-founder and guitarist who helped bring a deft virtuosity to punk’s stripped-down fury, has died at the age of 75.
Lloyd’s family said in a statement that the guitarist died Saturday morning at his home in Chattanooga, Tennessee. “His loving wife Sheila and his dog Willie Mays were with him at the end,” his family said in a statement to Rolling Stone , adding that Lloyd died from cholangiocarcinoma, a bile duct cancer.
Lloyd was diagnosed with bile duct cancer in March. According to a GoFundMe set up to help Lloyd cover medical expenses and other costs, the guitarist developed tumors in his liver, including one that was so close to a major blood vessel, his doctors were unable to operate and remove it.
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