The artist Tom Verlaine is dead – Latest news – news

28 January 2023 at 23:49 The artist Tom Verlaine is dead The artist Tom Verlaine died on Saturday after a short illness. He lived to be 73 years old. The announcement of his passing was made by Jesse Paris Smith, who is the daughter of the artist Patti Smith, writes the New York Times. Verlaine was probably best known as the lead singer, guitarist and songwriter of the band Television and the album “Marquee Moon”. The band broke up in 1978 before reuniting in 1992. In the same year, the band were guests in the news program Gundersen & Grønlund A/S. Verlaine also had a solo career. Among other things, he wrote the song “Kingdom Come” on David Bowie’s iconic album Scary Monsters from 1980. His real name is Thomas Miller, but took the stage name Tom Verlaine inspired by the French poet Paul Verlaine, writes The Guardian. according to NTB, he is in 56th place on Rolling Stone magazine’s list of the 100 best guitarists of all time.



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