English keyboardist, singer and songwriter Dave Greenfield died on Sunday as a result of complications of the coronavirus. He was 71.
The musician was best known as the keyboardist for U.K. punk band The Stranglers. He played with the band for 45 years and co-wrote its biggest hit, Golden Brown (1981).
The single won them an Ivor Novello award, according to Rolling Stone. Greenfield died on the evening of May 3, one week after testing positive for the novel coronavirus.
He spent a short while in a hospital after suffering “heart problems,” according to a statement on the Stranglers website. After pursuing a music career in Germany, joining bands such as The Initials, The Blue Maxi, Rusty Butler and Credo, Greenfield officially joined The