Ginger Baker, the co-founder and drummer of British rock band ‘Cream’ has died

Drummer Ginger Baker perform during a reunion of Cream, Tuesday 25 October 2005 at Madison Square Garden in New York.

Ginger Baker’s death was announced from his Twitter account by his family on Sunday. They said, “We are very sad to announce that Ginger died peacefully in the hospital this morning, thank you to everyone for your kind words in recent weeks,”

Baker, the jazz and blues drummer who co-founded the rock band Cream, had been critically ill in hospital since September.

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