Jun 14, 2004 • 1 min read

Deacon Blue guitarist dies

Graeme Kelling, guitarist with Deacon Blue, has died aged 47 after a four-year battle with pancreatic cancer.

The guitarist with eighties band Deacon Blue - who reformed in 1999 - has died after a four year battle with cancer. Graeme Kelling, aged 47, died from cancer of the pancreas at a Glasgow hospital on Thursday.

In a statement on their website the band told fans this Friday: "It is my sad duty to tell you that Graeme Kelling died yesterday morning. As you know Graeme has had a four year fight with an illness which finally got the better of him."

Fans are invited to post any "great memories, photographs or thoughts about Graeme" to an online remembrance book.

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