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Bobby Whitlock — the musician finest identified for co-founding Derek and the Dominos with Eric Clapton — has handed away on the age of 77.
Rock legend Bobby Whitlock has handed away on the age of 77. (YouTube)
Bobby Whitlock’s reason for dying confirmed
The supervisor additionally revealed that Bobby died at his house in Texas, surrounded by family members.
Throughout the social media panorama, household, followers, and a few very well-known mates have provided shifting phrases of tribute to this departed rock legend.
“Our dear friend Bobby Whitlock, has passed away at 77, our sincere condolences to Bobby’s wife CoCo and his family on this sad day…. RIP Bobby xxx,” wrote Clapton, who co-wrote hits like “Bell Bottom Blues” and “Tell the Truth” with Whitlock.
Coco Carmel Whitlock, mentioned, “How do you express in but a few words the grandness of one man who came from abject poverty in the south to heights unimagined in such a short time?”
“As he would always say: ‘Life is what you make it, so take it and make it beautiful.’ And he did,” mentioned Bobby’s widow, Coco Carmel Whitlock, in a press release to CBS.
“Farewell my Love, I’ll see you in my dreams,” she added.
Whitlock’s good friend and fellow musician John Fusco revealed on Fb that Bobby obtained into portray and “became a prolific artist” in his later years.
“I will be forever honored that he painted an original work for me as the cover art of my ‘John the Revelator’ CD.”
Whitlock is survived by his spouse and three youngsters, Ashley Faye Brown, Beau Elijah Whitlock, and Tim Whitlock Kelly.
Our ideas exit to Bobby Whitlock’s family members throughout this enormously troublesome time.
