Ginger Baker
DRUMMER GINGER BAKER has died at the age of 80. The news was confirmed on his Facebook page with a message that reads: “We are very sad to say that Ginger has passed away peacefully this morning. Thank you to everyone for your kind words to us all over the past weeks.”
He was admitted to hospital in late September, with his family saying at the time that he was in a critical condition. Baker had suffered ill health in recent years, and was forced to cancel a number of live shows in February 2016 after a fall and being diagnosed with a serious heart condition which required surgery. He later thanked doctors, and was back playing again at the Jack Bruce charity fundraising concert in London in October of that year.
Baker was one of the most formidable musicians of the rock era, or indeed any era. A towering presence, both physically and musically,
