Joey Molland, Badfinger Guitarist Who Kept the Group’s Flag Flying for Decades After Other Band Members’ Deaths, Dies at 77

variety.com:

Chris Willman Senior Music Writer and Chief Music Critic Joey Molland, guitarist for the group Badfinger, who had continued leading a touring edition of the group decades after other key members had passed on, died Saturday night at age 77.

Badfinger was best known for the late ’60s/early ’70s hits “No Matter What You Do,” “Day After Day,” “Come and Get It” and “Baby Blue.” Molland did not sing lead on the original recordings of those classic songs, but ably took on that duty in concerts for decades to come, touring the band’s catalog and his own solo material on up through the summer of 2024, becoming a cult figure among fans of that era’s music for his good will and enthusiasm in keeping the Badfinger flag flying.

Sunday morning, Molland’s social media manager posted: “It is with profound sadness to inform his fans here on IG, and around the world, that Joey (Joseph Charles) Molland passed away last night at 11:39 pm CST, after a 3+ months long battle with multiple health issues.

No cause of death was given as part of that statement. But in a GoFundMe post in January, his girlfriend Mary revealed that, after feeling “vaguely ill” through the fall after wrapping up his last tour, he was in the ICU and had “acquired a very bad bacterial infection due to his diabetes.