Poet and musician Ivor Cutler, whose fans included The Beatles, Franz Frontman Alex Kapranos and the legendary John Peel, has died at the age of 83. He appeared regularly on Peel's radio shows, and was given a role in Beatles flick Magical Mystery Tour. His album 'Ludo', produced by George Martin, and originally released in 1967, was re-released in 1997 by Creation.
Cutler, who was born in Glasgow, and only began composing music at the fairly mature age of 34, also wrote books and made radio programmes. A member of the Noise Abatement Society and the Voluntary Euthanasia Society, he attributed his creative bent to the displacement he felt in childhood following the birth of his younger sibling, saying: "Without that I would not have been so screwed up as I am, and therefore not as creative. Without a kid brother I would have been quite dull."