Cream Drummer, Ginger Baker has died at 80

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Ginger Baker, notorious hellraiser and celebrated drummer in the supergroup Cream, has died at the age of 80 at a hospital in the United Kingdom.



"Dad passed away peacefully," his daughter Nettie Baker told CNN in a statement. "He was in no pain and had recently been able to see and speak to his children, close family and special friends."

There's an excellent tribute article here

www.cnn.com/2019/10/06/entertainment/ginger-baker-obituary-intl-gbr/index.html