Original WHITESNAKE Guitarist Pays Tribute To JON LORD - July 20, 2012

Deep Purple keyboardist Jon Lord, who played with the pioneering hard rock band from their formation in 1968 through his retirement in 2002, died in London today from a pulmonary embolism after a long battle with pancreatic cancer. He was 71.And at the centre of that aesthetic, at the centre of the band and the revolution in musical sound they were a part of, was the classical composer and organist Jon Lord, who co-founded Deep Purple and died last weekend at the age of 71. In films ofBorn Jonathan Douglas Lord on June 9, 1941, in Leicester, England, he was a classically trained pianist from a young age. Specializing in the Hammond organ, Lord's keyboard playing was a unique blend of influences ranging from Bach and Elgar to jazzThe Leicester-born keyboard player, who had pancreatic cancer, died in London today. A statement on his website said he had passed "from Darkness to

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