Bobby Whitlock, the keyboardist, singer-songwriter and co-founder of the blues-rock band Derek and the Dominos, has died at the age of 77.

Whitlock passed away early Sunday morning (Aug. 10) at 1:20 a.m. following a brief battle with cancer, his manager Carol Kaye confirmed to Variety. He died at his home in Texas, surrounded by family.

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Whitlock’s wife, Coco Carmel Whitlock, honored his extraordinary life in a statement to TMZ.

“How do you express in but a few words the grandness of one man who came from abject poverty in the south to heights unimagined in such a short time

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