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Keith Levene, a founding member of The Clash and Public Image Ltd, has died at 65 after battling liver cancer.
“It is with great sadness I report that my close friend and legendary Public Image Limited guitarist Keith Levene passed away on Friday, 11th November,” author Adam Hammond tweeted. “Our thoughts and love go out to his partner Kate, sister Jill, and all of Keith’s family and friends. The world is a darker place without his genius. Mine will be darker without my mate.”
The pioneering guitarist passed away at his home in Norfolk, U.K. His partner, Kate Ransford, said he died “peacefully” and “painfree.”