(CNN)Charlie Watts, the unassuming lad of a motortruck operator who gained planetary fame arsenic the drummer for the Rolling Stones, has died. He was 80.
''It is with immense sadness that we denote the decease of our beloved Charlie Watts. He passed distant peacefully successful a London infirmary earlier contiguous surrounded by his family," his spokesperson said Tuesday successful an emailed connection to CNN.
"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. We kindly petition that the privateness of his family, set members and adjacent friends is respected astatine this hard time.''
The set had announced earlier this period that Watts would miss the band's upcoming "No Filter" circuit done North America aft undergoing a aesculapian process for an chartless condition.
This is simply a processing communicative and volition beryllium updated.
English (US) ·