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He passed away peacefully on Tuesday after
suddenly contracting bacterial meningitis, the family said.
Beck is a two-time Rock & Roll Hall of Fame inductee - in 1992
for his work with The Yardbirds and as a solo performer in 2009.
In 2015, Rolling Stone magazine ranked Beck as the fifth
greatest guitarist of all time, one spot ahead of blues icon B.B.
King.
In 2022, Beck released his final album: "18," a 13-track
collection of mostly cover songs, with Hollywood star Johnny
Depp.
"We slowly built songs that we just like. We didn’t really make
any design," Beck said at the time.
A native of Wallington, England, Beck won his first Grammy award
in 1985 with the instrumental "Escape." He would go on to win
seven more of the gold-plated statuettes in his career.
Black Sabbath guitarist Tony Iommi mourned Beck's death on
Twitter, saying he was shocked to hear of his passing.
"Jeff was such a nice person and an outstanding iconic, genius
guitar player - there will never be another Jeff Beck," Iommi
wrote. "His playing was very special & distinctively brilliant!
He will be missed."
Led Zeppelin guitarist Jimmy Page, also a former Yardbirds
member, paid tribute to Beck, saying his technique was unique
and imagination limitless.
"The six stringed Warrior is no longer here for us to admire the
spell he could weave around our mortal emotions. Jeff could
channel music from the ethereal," he said. "Jeff, I will miss
you along with your millions of fans."
(Reporting by Tyler Clifford; Editing by Tim Ahmann, Dan
Whitcomb and Bill Berkrot)
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