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Beck, a guitar virtuoso and innovator, died after contracting bacterial meningitis, his family said.

Jeff Beck, the influential guitarist who rose to rock and roll stardom with 1960s supergroup the Yardbirds and later enjoyed a prolific solo career, has died, his official website said Wednesday. He was 78 years old. A guitar virtuoso and innovator who was also one of the world's great rhythm…

Osbourne was among the first to pay tribute to Beck, writing that it had been ‘such an honour’ to know and play with him on his most recent album

Jeff Beck, one of the most skilled, admired and influential guitarists in rock history, died Tuesday in a hospital near his home at Riverhall, a rural estate in southern England. He was 78.

Rock royalty, movie stars and the global music industry pay tribute to the 'six-string warrior', guitarist Jeff Beck, after his sudden death

Osbourne was among the first to pay tribute to Beck, writing that it had been ‘such an honour’ to know and play with him on his most recent album.

The renowned guitarist’s death, at the age of 78, was announced by his family in an online statement on Wednesday.

The guitarist was one of the leading figures of rock music in the 1960s and was a major influence on many of the stars who followed.

Beck’s collaborators and contemporaries said the musician had ‘blazed a trail impossible to follow’ and hailed the ‘powerful influence’ he had had .

‘I feel like one of my band of brothers has left this world,’ Ronnie Wood tweeted

Fellow rock legends are paying tribute to Jeff Beck, the guitar virtuoso and musical innovator who died Wednesday