Jon Lord, the founder & influential keyboardist of Deep Purple has died. According to his website - he suffered a pulmonary embolism on Monday (7/16/12), after fighting a long battle with pancreatic cancer. He was surrounded by family at the London Clinic at the time of his death.
Lord co-wrote many of the bands legendary songs including "Smoke On The Water" and played with many bands and musicians throughout his career. Jon was 71 years old.

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