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Andy Rourke, whose fluid bass playing helped The Smiths soar from their roots in Manchester, England, to become an influential and beloved indie rock band, has died at age 59.
Rourke had been ill with pancreatic cancer, Smiths guitarist Johnny Marr said as he announced the news.
„Andy will always be remembered,“ Marr said via Instagram, „as a kind and beautiful soul by everyone who knew him, and as a supremely gifted musician by people who love music.“
On The Smiths recordings in the 1980s, Marr said, „Andy reinvented what it is to be a bass guitar player.
