SONGWRITER and poet Pete Brown has died aged 82.
The Londoner co-wrote Sunshine of Your Love and White Room for the short-lived rock supergroup Cream in the 1960s.
Brown died of cancer late Friday, according to a post on his Facebook page.
The poet who worked in the same circles as Allen Ginsberg and Spike Milligan, Brown was asked by drummer Ginger Baker to help write songs for Cream, a band he had formed with guitarist Eric Clapton and bass player Jack Bruce.
He also helped write the group’s song, I Feel Fine, and formed a songwriting partnership with Bruce after Cream broke up that lasted more than four decades.
He is survived by his wife Sheridan, his daughter, the singer and writer Jessica Walker, and his musician and restauranteur son Tad.