Founding member of The Kinks Pete Quaife dies

The original bass player of seminal 1960s band The Kinks, Pete Quaife, has died at the age of 66.

Quaife began the group in 1962 with schoolfriend Dave Davies and they went on to innumerable hits around the world.

He left in 1969 after becoming fed up with the infighting within The Kinks, and retired from the music industry the following year.

He later worked as a graphic designer and only appeared on stage a couple more times with The Kinks.

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