Mick Jagger pens heart-wrenching tribute to Charlie Watts on anniversary of his death

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Mick Jagger, 79, paid tribute to his late bandmate, long-serving The Rolling Stones drummer Charlie Watts on the anniversary of his death.

He credited his friend's "great sense of humour" in the touching video montage tribute.Mick shared some beautiful clips showing the group over the years to commemorate his late bandmate, who died aged 80, in view of his 2.6 Instagram million followers.Alongside the photos, The Rolling Stones' hit song Till The Next Goodbye played, while he captioned the post: "Thinking of Charlie today."Over the montage, Mick said: "I miss Charlie because he had a great sense of humour and outside of the band we used to hang out quite a lot and have interesting times."We liked sports, we would go to football, we would go to cricket games and we would have other interests apart from just music.

Of course, I really miss Charlie so much."Many social media users took to the post's comments to share their support and remember the musician.Kiwis_e92 said: "Keep on Rockin in Heaven."Curlyshirl2020 added: "Beautiful choice of song for a beautiful man, inside and out.Sorely missed, thoughts are with you and all his family."Creelmanellie commented: "So sorry for your loss.

Losing a good friend is like losing a piece of your heart.Treasure your memories."A post shared by Mick Jagger (@mickjagger)Charlie died peacefully surrounded by family and friends in a London hospital on August 24 last year, according to his publicist, Bernard Doherty.A statement released at the time read: "It is with immense sadness that we announce the death of our beloved Charlie Watts."He passed away peacefully in a London hospital earlier today surrounded by his family."Charlie was a cherished husband, father and grandfather and also as.