Tom Verlaine, frontman and guitarist of US band Television, dies at 73

Tom Verlaine of Television on stage at the Hammersmith Odeon, London on 16 April 1978. Photograph: Gus Stewart/Redferns

Tom Verlaine, the frontman, songwriter and legendary guitar player of the New York City band Television, has died aged 73.

His death was announced by Jesse Paris Smith, the daughter of Patti Smith, who said that he died “after a brief illness”.