Glenn Frey, Eagles guitarist, has died at the age of 67 in New York. The founding member of the US rock group who wrote or co-wrote some of the bands most famous songs – including Hotel California and Take It Easy – died in New York from complications arising from rheumatoid arthritis, acute ulcerative colitis and pneumonia, according to reports.
Raised in Michigan, he formed the Eagles along with Henley, Randy Meisner and Bernie Leadon in 1971 after the quartet acted as the backing musicians for Linda Ronstadt on tour.
The band was wildly successful in the 1970s, selling some 100m albums in the US alone, and a further 50m worldwide.
The 1976 release Hotel California is perhaps their best known, although the Greatest Hits album of the same year was, for a time, the best-selling album in US music history, certified platinum 29 times.
Frey had a successful solo career in the 1980s with hits including The Heat Is On, which featured on the soundtrack to the Eddie Murphy film Beverly Hills Cop, and You Belong to the City from the TV show Miami Vice. His most recent album, After Hours, was released in 2012.
