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BREAKING REM's Bill Rieflin dead - drummer dies aged 59 after battling cancer

Bill Rieflin Robert Fripp Lenny Kaye USA city Seattle gatherings death drummer

07.07.2020 - 01:17

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REM's drummer Bill Rieflin has died at the age of 59 after a battle with cancer. His bandmate Robert Fripp confirmed the tragic news on Facebook.

REM also put out a statement confirming his death, writing: "Bill Rieflin (1960-2020). "It is with heavy hearts we acknowledge the death of our dear friend and consummate drummer, Bill. "Bill sent me this picture last week of him and Lenny Kaye earlier this month when the Patti Smith Group were in town and they got to hang out.

He was elated to see such great friends and gather at his favorite weird Chinese-American diner. A forever memory is decades old, when I first met Bill at a late night Policeman’s bar in Seattle, sat at a greasy table drinking scotch, and we listened to ‘Birdland’ off the

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