Television guitarist Tom Verlaine dies

Television frontman and guitarist Tom Verlaine has died at the age of 73. Death came “after a short illness,” the newspaper said. The New York Times referring to Jessie Paris Smith, daughter of fellow musician Patti Smith. The cause of death was not specified.

Television was founded in 1973. The band disbanded in 1978 after recording two albums, but later reunited in the 1990s and 2000s. Tom Verlaine has released nine solo albums. Television’s debut album Marquee Moon is ranked 128th in Rolling Stone’s Greatest Albums list, and Mr. Verlaine is ranked 90th in the Greatest Guitarists.

Leonid Uvarchev