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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 .
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 cause of ...
Mar 2, 2023 · In a statement, Becker's widow, Delia, explained that Becker's death came "in the course of being treated for an extremely aggressive form of esophageal cancer," says Vanity Fair. "(B)etween the cancer's aggressiveness and the overwhelming toxicity resulting from the chemotherapy treatments, Walter died less than four months after the cancer ...
Sep 3, 2017 · Walter Becker was born in Forest Hills, Queens, on Feb. 20, 1950, and studied saxophone and guitar in his teens. Information on survivors was not immediately available.
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Sep 22, 2017 · Steely Dan’s Quiet Hero: Inside Walter Becker’s Troubled Life, Wry Genius. He was a brilliant perfectionist behind one of rock's most eccentric bands – even if he preferred life in the ...
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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," ?
Sep 4, 2017 · And Walter Becker was the more elusive half of this most elusive of duos – the invisible genius of Seventies rock, rarely photographed, never speaking a word in public. Long hair parted in the ...
