Gary Brooker dead – Procol Harum frontman dies aged 76 after cancer battle

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Gary Brooker, the Procol Harum frontman who sang one of the 1960s' most enduring hits, "A Whiter Shade of Pale," has died. He was 76. The English rock band said Brooker died at his home on Saturday.

Procol Harum frontman Gary Brooker has died, aged 76, while receiving treatment for cancer.A statement on the band’s website reads: “With the deepest regret we must announce the death on 19 Feb 2022 of Gary Brooker MBE, singer, pianist and composer of Procol Harum, and a brightly-shining, irreplaceable light in the music industry. Aged 76, he had been receiving treatment for cancer, but died peacefully at home”.Born in London in 1945, Brooker moved with his family to Southend-On-Sea in Essex while he was still an infant.

Brian May, of the rock group Queen, has taken to Instagram to voice his heartbreak after the death of another icon in the industry.The 74-year-old, who, alongside his musical career, also holds a PHD in Astrophysics, was sad to learn that Gary Brooker had passed away."Sad to lose a great musician, writer, singer and true gentleman," Brian announced to his more than three million loyal Instagram followers."Gary Brooker sang “A Whiter Shade of Pale” and immediately captured a kind of immortality."But Procol Harem fans - like me - remember “A Salty Dog” as the pinnacle of his magic."A wonderful human being - will be sadly missed. RIP."The post received more than 27,000 likes in a matter of just a few hours, with fans flooding the page to express their sympathies for the talent that had been lost."A Whiter Shade of Pale was one of my favorite songs as a kid," enthused @davidnissimmusic, adding sadly: "I can’t believe he’s gone."@kathybektell echoed: "Revolutionary legend, he will be missed."Meanwhile @barbs_lambert wrote: "My heart goes out to his family at this sad time.

Gary Brooker was a co-founder and lead vocalist of the classic progressive rock band Procol Harum known for their song “Whiter Shade of Pale.”  Gary Brooker was a singer-songwriter and pianist who co-founded the classic progressive rock band Procol Harum. He was the lead singer for the British group whose voice can be heard on their iconic 1967 track “Whiter Shade of Pale.” He first started a band called The Paramounts with guitarist friend Robin Trower which had an R & B sound. After the Paramounts broke up, Brooker co-founded Procol Harum in 1966.

Gary Brooker, the Procol Harum frontman whose soaring vocals on the band’s 1967 proto-prog rock classic “A Whiter Shade of Pale” helped make the song a mainstay of 1970s FM radio, died February 19 of cancer. He was 76.

in a statement on social media. “He was notable for his individuality, integrity and occasionally stubborn eccentricity.

Twitter to remember the late star and send well wishes to his family.WesleyStace said: "Gary Brooker RIP. What a voice.

PROCUL Harum singer Gary Brooker has died aged 76 after a battle with cancer. The star co-wrote the band's 1967 hit A Whiter Shade of Pale and toured with Eric Clapton and Ringo Starr.

Procol Harum, has died aged 76.The pianist, composer and lyricist was being treated for cancer. He died peacefully at home over the weekend according to a statement on Procol Harum’s website.The statement described Brooker as “a brightly shining, irreplaceable light in the music industry”, adding that he “exhibited and developed a highly individual talent.“His first single with Procol Harum, 1967’s ‘A Whiter Shade of Pale’, is widely regarded as defining the ‘summer of love’, yet it could scarcely have been more different from the characteristic records of that era.“Gary’s voice and piano were the single defining constant of Procol’s 50-year international concert career.

Chris Willman Music WriterGary Brooker, the frontman for Procol Harum, the long-running band most famous for 1967’s “A Whiter Shade of Pale,” died Saturday at age 76. The cause of death was cancer.The surviving members announced Brooker’s death in an obituary on the group’s official website, writing that the “brightly shining, irreplaceable light in the music industry… had been receiving treatment for cancer, but died peacefully at home.”Brooker had been appointed as a Member of the Order of the British Empire by the Queen in 2003.Prior to Procol Harum, Brooker had founded the Paramounts in 1962 with future British blues-rock legend Robin Trower.

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