
Rick Davies, the co-founder, vocalist and songwriter for the British rock band Supertramp, has died aged 81.
The band, best known for 1970s hits “Breakfast in America”, “Give a Little Bit” and “Take The Long Way Home”, announced in a statement on Sunday (7 September) that Davies had died at his Long Island home on 5 September after living with multiple myeloma, a type of blood cancer that affects the blood and bone marrow.