Rolling Stones drummer Charlie Watts dies at age 80

LONDON — Rolling Stones drummer Charlie Watts has died astatine the property of 80, according to his publicist.

Bernard Doherty told The Associated Press connected Tuesday that Watts “passed distant peacefully successful a London infirmary earlier contiguous surrounded by his family.”

The drummer provided the backbone of the Rolling Stones’ songs for much than fractional a century.

The publicist said, "Charlie was a cherished husband, begetter and gramps and besides arsenic a subordinate of The Rolling Stones 1 of the top drummers of his generation.”

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