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Mike Pinder, the Moody Blues Keyboardist and Founding Member, Dead at 82

Mike Pinder, the Moody Blues keyboardist and the last surviving founding member of the Rock Hall-inducted band, has died at the age of 82.

Other notable Pinder-penned tracks from his decade-and-a-half tenure with the Moody Blues include “A Simple Game,” “Om,” “Have You Heard,” and “The Best Way to Travel.” “The Sixties and Seventies were very unique for the artist as well as for the listener,” Pinder told Rolling Stone. Having moved to California and opting not to tour with the band in support of the LP, Pinder was ultimately replaced by keyboardist Patrick Moraz, putting an end to the group’s “Core Five” lineup. While Pinder never rejoined the Moody Blues, he reunited with his former bandmates when the group — after years of being “snubbed” — was finally inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2018.

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