The Smiths bassist Andy Rourke has died
On seminal Smiths recordings in the 1980s, guitarist Johnny Marr said, "Andy reinvented what it is to be a bass guitar player." Rourke had been ill with pancreatic cancer. He was 59.
Andy Rourke, whose fluid bass playing helped The Smiths soar from their roots in Manchester, England, to become an influential and beloved indie rock band, has died at age 59.
Rourke had been ill with pancreatic cancer, Smiths guitarist Johnny Marr said as he announced the news.
"Andy will always be remembered," Marr , "as a
