The drummer Charlie Watts died at the age of 80. Here is all you want to know, and more!
Biography - A Short Wiki
Rock and jazz drummer and producer best known as a member of The Rolling Stones. He was voted into the Modern Drummer Hall of Fame in 2006 for his work with the band.
He married Shirley Ann Shepherd on October 14, 1964 and they had one daughter together.
How did Charlie Watts die?
The cause of death is unknown. He was 80 years old. ”It is with immense sadness that we announce the death of our beloved Charlie Watts. He passed away peacefully in a London hospital earlier today surrounded by his family,” his spokesperson said in a statement.
Quotes
"It’s been years and years and years I’ve been playing the drums, and they’re still a challenge. I still enjoy using drumsticks and a snare drum.
"I never had lessons. Used to try to play to records, which I hated doing. Still can’t play to them.
"When people talk about the ’60s I never think that was me there. It was me and I was in it, but I was never enamoured with all that. It’s supposed to be sex and drugs and rock and roll and I’m not really like that. I’ve never really seen the Rolling Stones as anything.
"You need better technique than I have to play jazz, but what you have to do is the same thing, isn’t it?
"We always work at least a month to six weeks before we go on the road, usually for something like eight to 12 hours a night. It took six weeks to do it this time. We just play virtually everything we know.