Depeche Mode has died. He was 60. In a statement posted to Twitter, the band wrote: “We are shocked and filled with overwhelming sadness with the untimely passing of our dear friend, family member and bandmate Andy “Fletch” Fletcher”.
It continued: “Fletch had a true heart of gold and was always there when you needed support, a lively conversation, a good laugh, or a cold pint.
Our hearts are with his family, and we ask that you keep them in your thoughts and respect their privacy in this difficult time. ”pic.
twitter. com/RlB7QM6ckWFletcher was born in Nottingham in 1961. He formed a band called No Romance in China with schoolmate Vince Clarke – later of Erasure – in the late Seventies, before adding Martin Gore to the line-up in 1980 and changing their name to Composition of Sound.
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