Rick Davies, founding member of the British rock band Supertramp, has died at age 81.

[hollydolly]

Following a battle with cancer, the singer-songwriter passed away in his Long Island home on Friday.

Rick co-founded Supertramp in 1970 alongside fellow singer-songwriter Roger Hodgson.

They later enlisted Dougie Thomson, Bob Siebenberg, and John Helliwell, performing together from 1973 to 1983.

Rick

R.I.P

 

[IrishEyes]

Love that band, R.I.P. and God Bless Rick Davies

 

[MarkinPhx]

One of my favorite bands . It's too bad that he and Roger Hodgson never reconciled their differences.

 

[David777]

I did see them in concert at the Oakland Alameda Coliseum during their first tour in 1979 after "Breakfast in America", with its unique high fidelity art-rock sound. Given my 3-dimensional spatial freestyle, I can easily dance to any music like that.