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Walter Becker was an American musician, songwriter, and record producer, best known as the co-founder and bassist of the jazz rock band Steely Dan. He died in 2017 after a brief battle with esophageal cancer.
Mar 2, 2023 · Walter Becker was a guitarist and co-founder of the band Steely Dan, known for their meticulous and complex music. He died in 2017 of esophageal cancer, after a long career of addiction, injury and recovery.
Sep 3, 2017 · The bassist and guitarist passed away in 2017 after a long career of creating sophisticated and influential music with Donald Fagen. Learn about his life, legacy and collaborations with other artists.
Sep 22, 2017 · A tribute to the late Walter Becker, the co-founder and co-writer of Steely Dan, a band known for its dark sophistication and eccentric songs. Learn about his troubled childhood, his musical genius, his health struggles and his low-key personality.
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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Nov 15, 2017 · Steely Dan co-founder Walter Becker died of esophageal cancer in September 2017, according to his wife Delia. She shares the details of his illness and his final moments in a letter to the band's fans.
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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," ?