Legendary guitarist Jeff Beck died ‘peacefully’ last night after contracting bacterial meningitis.
The 78-year-old, who just weeks ago finished touring the US and Europe with actor Johnny Depp, was so revered that his fingers and thumbs were famously insured for £7million.
A representative said that Beck — an eight-time Grammy winner — had been ill over the Christmas period and passed away at a hospital near to his home in Surrey after suddenly contracting the infection.
Jeff Beck passed away peacefully last night at the age of 78. Pictured above, Beck performing at a Crystal Palace garden party event in London in 1972
The only way he “passed peacefully” is if he was in a coma or medicated into unconsciousness. Meningitis is not a painless disease.