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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