Wilko Johnson, the guitarist with British blues-rock band Dr. Feelgood who had an unexpected career renaissance after being diagnosed with terminal cancer, has died. He was 75.
A statement posted Wednesday on Johnson's official social media accounts on behalf of his family said the musician died Monday evening at his home in southeast England.
At a time of flamboyant glam and indulgent prog rock, they played a then-unfashionable brand of blues and RJohnson helped give Dr. Feelgood a dangerous edge with his choppy, relentless guitar style and thousand-yard glare - a look terrifying enough to earn him a role later in life as silent executioner Ser Ilyn Payne on "Game of Thrones."
Johnson later said that if the band had been able to follow its managers' instructions to behave, "I'm pretty sure we'd be multimillionaires. But we didn't. We were geezers from Canvey Island. We were great friends, and we fell out." In 2012, Johnson was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer and was told it was terminal. The prospect of death unexpectedly revived his creative energies. He declined chemotherapy, decided to go on one last tour, and recorded a "final" album, "Going Back Home," with Roger Daltrey of The Who.
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