Legendary former Thin Lizzy and Whitesnake guitarist John Sykes dies at 65

Iconic English guitarist John Sykes – known for playing pb guitar for bands including Thin Lizzy, Whitesnake, and Sykes – has died astatine the property of 65.

Earlier today, the pursuing connection was posted on Sykes‘s social media: ‘It is with large sorrow we stock that John Sykes has passed distant aft a hard fought conflict with cancer.

‘He volition beryllium remembered by galore arsenic a antheral with exceptional philharmonic endowment but for those who didn’t cognize him personally, helium was a thoughtful, kind, and charismatic antheral whose beingness lit up the room.

‘He surely marched to the bushed of his ain drum and ever pulled for the underdog. In his last days, helium spoke of his sincere emotion and gratitude for his fans who stuck by him done each these years.

‘While the interaction of his nonaccomplishment is profound and the temper somber, we anticipation the airy of his representation volition extinguish the shadiness of his absence.’

Sykes is possibly champion known for joining the Irish hard stone radical Thin Lizzy for their 1983 medium Thunder and Lightning.

He became a subordinate of the set Whitesnake soon after, with whom helium recorded the multi-platinum-selling self-titled 1987 album.

He past went connected to signifier his ain radical Blue Murder with whom helium made 2 albums and a unrecorded grounds earlier deciding to effort retired a solo career.

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