The musician Glenn Frey, founder of Eagles and who with Don Henley wrote hits like “Hotel California” and “Life in the Fast Lane”, died yesterday in New York.
Frey, who had 67, died of complications from rheumatoid arthritis, acute ulcerative colitis and pneumonia, informed the group on its website.
Frey had been fighting his sufferings for several weeks, according to the group.
“The Frey family would like to thank everyone who joined Glenn in their fight and kept their prayers and hopes for his recovery.
” Words can not describe our grief or our love and respect for everything he has given to his family, to the music community and millions of fans around the world, “reads a statement posted on its website.
The guitarist and drummer Henley Frey Eagles formed in Los Angeles in early 1970, along with guitarist Bernie Leadon and Randy Meisner bassist. They became a musical success over the next decade, playing the melodic sound of California.
A collection of the greatest hits of Eagles in the mid-1970s, and “Hotel California” are among the selling albums in history.
Frey was born in Detroit and raised in the suburbs of the city. Among his successes as a soloist is “The Heat Is On” and “Smuggler’s Blues”.
Frey was the lead singer of the first great success of the group, “Take It Easy” in 1972. Other popular melodies were ” Peaceful Easy Feeling, “” Already Gone “and” New Kid in Town “.
The Eagles split in 1980 but reunited in 1993 and starred in some of the world’s most popular concerts. The group, which for years consisted of Frey, Henley, Joe Walsh and Timothy B. Schmit, was scheduled to receive a tribute last month at the Kennedy Center. But his appearance was postponed because of health problems Frey.
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