Donald Duck Dunn Dead at 70

[jeff of pa]

TOKYO (AP) — Bass player and songwriter Donald "Duck" Dunn, a member of the Rock 'n' Roll Hall of Fame band Booker T. and the MGs and the Blues Brothers band, has died in Tokyo. He was 70.

Dunn was in Tokyo for a series of shows. News of his death was posted on the Facebook site of his friend and fellow musician Steve Cropper, who was on the same tour. Cropper said Dunn died in his sleep.

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[Michigan Badger]

I knew him personally and he was a quack.

 

[spartacus53]

He backed a ton of artists over his lifetime. RIP, another blast from the past is taken away

 

[rginn]

He was great. But his death was probably eclipsed and ignored by the death of another BeeGee, which was a cause for celebration.