Beck’s family announced that the legendary musician died after contracting bacterial meningitis.
“After suddenly contracting bacterial meningitis, he peacefully passed away yesterday.
His family ask for privacy while they process this tremendous loss.”
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Beck is widely credited with expanding the possibilities of blues music.
Geoffrey Arnold Beck was born on June 24, 1944 in Wallington, England.
As a teenager he attempted to make his own guitars by gluing together cigar boxes.
Beck met fellow guitarist and lifelong friend, Led Zeppelin’s Jimmy Page, while still a teenager.
His big break came when Page recommended him as a replacement for Clapton to the members of The Yardbirds.
His most notable contributions were on 1965 album,For Your Love.
He left the group in 1966 and released his first solo album,Truth,in 1968.
But their progress was inhibited by a 1969 car accident that fractured Beck’s skull.
In recent years, he’d been in the news for his collaborations with embattled actor Johnny Depp.
The duo’s collaborative album,18,released in July 2022.
It marked the release of his final studio album before his death.
He is survived by wife, Sandra Beck, to whom he has been married since 2005.
