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Rick Buckler, drummer of The Jam, dies aged 69 after short illness

The musician’s family said he ‘passed away peacefully on Monday evening in Woking’ with them around him

Buckler was part of the band’s classic lineup alongside bass player Bruce Foxton and lead singer and guitarist Paul Weller in the punk and new wave era of the late 1970s. The band, who achieved 18 consecutive UK top 40 singles, are best known for tracks such as Town Called Malice, Going Underground and Down in the Tube Station at Midnight. The band split in 1982 and never fully reunited, but Foxton and Buckler subsequently played together on a number of occasions as From The Jam while Weller continued his career with the Style Council and as a solo artist.

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