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  1. Walter Carl Becker (February 20, 1950 – September 3, 2017) was an American musician, songwriter, and record producer. He was the co-founder, guitarist, bassist, and co-songwriter of the jazz rock band Steely Dan .

  2. Sep 3, 2017 · Walter Becker, guitarist, bassist and co-founder of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame-inducted band Steely Dan, died Sunday at the age of 67. Becker’s official site announced the death; no...

  3. Mar 2, 2023 · He was struck by a taxi in 1979 and was confined to a wheelchair for a time, while falling prey to drug addiction. Steely Dan broke up and Becker retired to a farm in Hawaii, where eventually he built a recording studio of his own.

  4. Sep 3, 2017 · Walter Becker, the guitarist and songwriter who made suavely subversive pop hits out of slippery jazz harmonies and verbal enigmas in Steely Dan, his partnership with Donald Fagen, died on...

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  5. Sep 3, 2017 · LOS ANGELES (AP) — A rock and roll fan with a penchant for harmony and obtuse references, Walter Becker, the guitarist, bassist and co-founder of the 1970s rock group Steely Dan, which sold more than 40 million albums and produced such hit singles as "Reelin' In the Years," ?

  6. Sep 4, 2017 · Rob Sheffield mourns Steely Dan's elusive genius Walter Becker, who died the same day as the United States' greatest living writer, poet John Ashbery.

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  8. Sep 3, 2017 · Walter Becker, the co-founder of Steely Dan who was known for his acerbic wit and his proficient work with the guitar, has died. He was 67.

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