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Joey Molland, Guitarist and Last Surviving Member of Badfinger, Dies at 77

Joey Molland, the guitarist and last surviving member of the rock band Badfinger, has died. He was 77.

Molland passed away on Saturday (March 1) while surrounded by his longtime partner, Mary, his two sons and other family members, according to a post on Badfinger’s Facebook page. After the death of Ham, who died by suicide in 1975, Molland and Evans (minus Gibbins) reunited to revive Badfinger, with the guitarist taking on a larger role in songwriting and vocals for the albums Airwaves(1979) and Say No More(1981). Outside of his work with Badfinger, Molland contributed to Harrison’s All Things Must Pass and The Concert for Bangladesh albums, and played guitar on John Lennon’s 1971 classic “Jealous Guy” and Imagine ‘s “I Don’t Wanna Be a Soldier.”

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