PIANIST and co-founder of Derek and the Dominos, Bobby Whitlock, has died at the age 77.
The rock icon died of cancer after a short battle with the illness as his heartbroken wife leads the tributes.
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His manager, Carole Kaye, confirmed his death this morning saying he died at home in Texas at 1:20am.
The legendary rockstar was surrounded by his loved ones when he passed.
He founded the English-American blues rock band Derek and the Dominos in 1970 alongside his three bandmates.
Whitlock was the keyboardist and singer and made his mark on the music industry alongside guitarist Eric Clapton, bassist Carl Radle and drummer Jim Gordon.
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Whitlock played a vital role in helping to record one of rock’s biggest albums in Layla and Other Assorted Love Songs.
Whitlock’s devastated wife CoCo Carmel paid tribute with a loving statement.
She told TMZ: “How do you express in but a few words the grandness of one man who came from abject poverty in the south to heights unimagined in such a short time?
“My love Bobby looked at life as an adventure taking me by the hand leading me through a world of wonderment from music to poetry and painting,.
“I feel his hands that were so intensely expressive and warm on my face and the small of my back whenever I close my eyes, he is there.”
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