Charlie Watts, drummer for theRolling Stones, has died at age 80.
“He passed away peacefully in a London hospital earlier today surrounded by his family.”
The drummerrecently dropped outof the Stones' pandemic-postponed No Filter Tour to recover from a medical procedure.
Charlie Watts of The Rolling Stones, during rehearsals for an episode of the Friday night TV pop/rock show ‘Ready Steady Go!'.George Wilkes/Hulton Archive/Getty Images
He was replaced by Steve Jordan of Keith Richards’ group the X-Pensive Winos.
British drummer Charlie Watts performs with his band, the ABC&D of Boogie Woogie, at ‘Midsummer Night Swing’ at Damrosch Park Bandshell.Jack Vartoogian/Getty Images
