According to Haruki Murakami, “Death is not the opposite of life, but a part of it.” On January 10, 2023, the world lost a legendary and one of the greatest musicians of all time—Jeff Beck. As confirmed by his publicist, Jeff Beck died at 78 on January 10, 2023. The prominent guitarist member of the English rock band Yardbirds and founder of The Jeff Beck Group, has come to live the next part of his life.
Who is Jeff Beck?
Before Jeff Beck passed, he lived a meaningful life. In 1965, he replaced Yardbirds’ former guitarist, Eric Clapton, and continued to contribute to the band’s soaring prominence. While Yardbirds was already one of Britain’s defining acts in the electric blues movement, Jeff Beck’s incredible leads and licks on their songs added a more interesting element to their music. Three years later, Jeff Beck founded his own band called the Jeff Beck Group. The weight of their music crafted heavy metal’s early template and blueprint.
In 1975, Jeff Beck started his solo career and pioneered jazz-rock. Along the course of his solo career, Beck also experimented with distortion, fuzz, and other technical innovations, and pioneered or amplified heavier subgenres, such as psycho rock and heavy metal. Being the outstanding musician that he is, Jeff Beck was an eight-time Grammy winner, inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame both as Yardbird’s member and a solo artist, and ranked among the top five of Rolling Stone’s list of 100 greatest musicians.
Because of his stardom and career, Jeff Beck enjoyed a whopping amount of wealth. How much was Jeff Beck worth, then? His net worth amounted to approximately $18 million.
What Caused Jeff Beck’s Death?
And where was Jeff Beck when he died? As revealed by Melissa Dragich, his publicist, Jeff Beck died after suddenly contracting bacterial meningitis. The influential rock guitarist Jeff Beck dies in a hospital near his place at Riverhall in Southern England. At this grievous time, the family of Jeff Beck asked for privacy as they process this tremendous loss.
Aside from his family, long-time friends from different industries and musicians paid tribute after the news of Jeff Beck’s death broke. Prominent musicians put to Twitter their devastation and words of tribute, some of these musicians include Mick Jagger, Ozzy Osbourne, Rod Stewart, Ronnie Wood, Johnny Marr, David Gilmour, Davie Davies, Brian May, and Joe Perry. Numerous actors and artists, including Johnny Depp, also expressed their sadness about Beck’s death.
Are Jeff Beck and Johnny Depp friends? Both enjoyed a tightly-knit friendship and got even closer as they collaborated on the album “18,” went together on tours, and performed together on stage. At the time of their music video’s release, Johnny Depp proudly said, “It’s an extraordinary honor to play and write music with Jeff, one of the true greats and someone I am now privileged enough to call my brother.” According to People, before Jeff Beck dies, Johnny Depp, along with other rock stars, was at his bedside.
Death is inevitable
Jeff Beck dies at 78, and we, too, are going to die. Death is inevitable and no matter how hard we try to lengthen our life span, we will eventually come face-to-face with death. And when we leave this earth, the only legacy we could live behind is our deeds. Thus, let us strive to live a good life and focus on contributing something to the world. Like Jeff Beck, may we strive to make our friends and loved ones remember us as a legendary person.
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