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'I found out yesterday when my daughter phoned me and my first reaction was that it was a hoax because I have been reported dead so many times myself, but then it became reality. It's a big loss to the world and I'm very sad. Speaking from a hotel in the Republic of Ireland, Baker, 75, said: 'We go back a long way, I called him Wee Jack. Legendary supergroup Cream (from left) bass player Jack Bruce, drummer Ginger Baker and Eric Clapton perform during a concert at the Royal Albert Hall in London in 2005. It was in 1966 that he teamed up with guitarist Eric Clapton and drummer Ginger Baker to form the world's first rock supergroup.

The world of music will be a poorer place without him but he lives on in his music and forever in our hearts,' a statement from the family said.īruce enjoyed a musical career that spanned more than half a century, but it was only a couple of years playing bass with the British group Cream that made him a millionaire, a pop star and a rock legend.

'It is with great sadness that we, Jack's family, announce the passing of our beloved Jack: husband, father, granddad, and all round legend.

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Jack Bruce, who has died aged 71, was the bass guitar player and singer in Cream, the short-lived but influential rock trio which dominated the music scene in the late 1960s playing alongside Eric Clapton on lead guitar and Ginger Baker on drums, Bruce also co-wrote some of Cream's biggest hits, including White Room, I Feel Free and Sunshine of Your Love.īruce died on Saturday from liver disease at home in Suffolk, England, surrounded by his family.