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- Following a brief battle with esophageal cancer, he died on September 3, 2017.
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Mar 2, 2023 · Chris Mckay/Getty Images. 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. Becker beat the addiction and slowly reentered the world of music.
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Becker and Fagen reformed Steely Dan in 1993 and remained active, recording Two Against Nature (2000), which won four Grammy Awards. Becker released two solo albums, 11 Tracks of Whack (1994) and Circus Money (2008). Following a brief battle with esophageal cancer, he died on September 3, 2017.
