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Saint Bryan, who shared a message from Wilson’s family on Twitter, confirming that the musician had passed away in his sleep on Saturday morning (January 22).His family says Don Wilson, a founding member of The Ventures, passed away this morning in his sleep. With over 100 million records sold, The Ventures are the best selling and arguably the most influential instrumental rock band of all time. Wilson, the rhythm guitarist, was 88.

Don Wilson, the guitarist for the influentialinstrumental rock band the Ventures, died onSaturday at the age of 88.The musician's family confirmed to PEOPLE that he died peacefully and of natural causes on Saturday morning in Tacoma, Washington with his four children by his side.'Our dad was an amazing rhythm guitar player who touched people all over world with his band, The Ventures,' Don's son Tim Wilson said in a statement.'He will have his place in history forever and was much loved and appreciated. He will be missed.' Legend: Don Wilson, the guitarist for the influential instrumental rock band the Ventures, died on Saturday at the age of 88; Pictured at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony on March 10, 2008 in NYWilson co-founded The Ventures with his friend Bob Bogle inTacoma in 1958.The original lineup of the band consisted of Wilson playing the rhythm guitar, Bogle playing bass, Nokie Edwards on lead guitar, and Mel Taylor on the drums.

The extraordinary story behind the friendship of two of the most iconic figures of the 20th century is finally being told on the big screen. Netflix is behind the new Kenya Barris-produced (“Blackish“) documentary, “Blood Brothers: Malcolm X & Muhammad Ali,” focusing on the three years that Malcolm X and Muhammad Ali spent forging their brotherhood before their ultimate falling-out.

Nellie Andreeva Co-Editor-in-Chief, TVEXCLUSIVE: A+E Studios has put in development Blood Brothers (working title), an eight-episode limited series based on the praised 2016 non-fiction book Blood Brothers: The Fatal Friendship Between Muhammad Ali and Malcolm X by historians Johnny Smith and Randy Roberts.

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