Nottingham-born Andy Fletcher, of Depeche Mode, has died aged 60. The keyboardist's death was announced by the band on social media on Thursday (May 26) night.
“We are shocked and filled with overwhelming sadness with the untimely passing of our dear friend, family member, and bandmate Andy ‘Fletch’ Fletcher," the British electronic band said in a statement. Fletcher was born in Nottingham in 1961, before moving to Basildon, Essex.
It was there where in the late 1970s he formed the band Composition Of Sound alongside Martin Gore and Vince Clarke, before changing their name to Depeche Mode after the recruitment of of singer Dave Gahan. They went on to produce a string of 1980s chart hits.
