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Johnny Marr leads tributes to The Smith bandmate Andy Rourke after death aged 59

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Johnny Marr has led tributes to former bandmate Andy Rourke following his death aged 59. The late musician’s death was announced by Marr, who released a statement on Twitter. ‘It is with deep sadness that we announce the passing of Andy Rourke after a lengthy illness with pancreatic cancer,’ Marr, 59, wrote. ‘Andy will be remembered as a kind and beautiful soul by those who knew him and as a supremely gifted musician by music fans.

We request privacy at this sad time. ’He has since shared a heartbreaking tribute to the former bassist of The Smiths, detailing how the pair met alongside a series of throwback snaps.

The musician said the pair met as schoolboys in 1975, and that they were ‘best friends’ that went ‘everywhere together. ’‘When we were fifteen I moved into his house with him and his three brothers and I soon came to realise that my mate was one of those rare people that absolutely no one doesn’t like,’ he wrote. ‘Andy and I spent all our time studying music, having fun, and working on becoming the best musicians we could possibly be.

Back then Andy was a guitar player and a good one at that, but it was when he picked up the bass that he would find his true calling and his singular talent would flourish. ’Marr said that in their teenage years, the pair would play in various bands around South Manchester before they rose to stardom after joining The Smiths in 1982. ‘It was on those Smiths records that Andy reinvented what it is to be a bass guitar player,’ he wrote. ‘I was present at every one of Andy’s bass takes on every Smiths session.

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