Former Squeeze drummer Gilson Lavis, who played with the English rock band during the height of its fame in the late 1970s, has died. He was 74.

Lavis’ death was announced by his former bandmate, Squeeze keyboardist Jools Holland, on social media Thursday.

“I’m very sad to report that Gilson Lavis my dear friend and long-standing drummer passed away at his home in Lincolnshire last night,” Holland wrote in an Instagram post . “On behalf of my Orchestra, Squeeze, the many musicians who have worked with and befriended Gilson over the years and all the people he has supported through the AA fellowship, I send our love and sympathy to Nikki and Gilson, his dear wife and son."

Fellow musicians and loved ones expressed their condolences in the comments section of Holland’s post.

“Oh Jools.

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