Tom Verlaine

has died at the age of 73 of unknown causes.

Patti Smith's daughter, Jesse Paris Smith, has confirmed the news to

The New York Times

, stating that her death occurred after "a brief illness."

Tom Verlaine was the

leader of Television and one of the most influential rock guitarists of the last half century

.

His playing style was not only a rarity in 1970s New York punk-rock, but has remained an islet as luminous as it was shrouded in mystery ever since.

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