“I am writing with a heavy heart to inform you that my brother Ken Hensley died peacefully on Wednesday night.

His beautiful wife Monica was by his side and created comfort for him in those last minutes that he was with us, ”the musician's brother Trevor Hensley wrote on Facebook.

He did not give the cause of death, but noted that his brother's death was completely unexpected for him.

Ken Hensley will be cremated in a private ceremony in Spain.

On September 19, at the age of 74, former Uriah Heep drummer Lee Kerslake died.