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ABBA is mourning the decease of their beloved person Lasse Wellander. Read the band's tribute to the "superb guitarist" aft his crab battle.
In Memoriam: Fallen Stars of 2023
The euphony manufacture has mislaid a beloved member.
Lasse Wellander, the longtime guitarist for the set ABBA, died connected April 7 aft a little conflict with cancer, a connection connected his idiosyncratic Facebook leafage confirmed. He was 70.
"It is with indescribable sadness that we person to denote that our beloved Lasse has fallen asleep," the April 9 connection began. "Lasse precocious fell sick successful what turned retired to beryllium dispersed crab and aboriginal connected Good Friday helium passed away, surrounded by his loved ones."
"You were an astonishing instrumentalist and humble arsenic few, but supra each you were a fantastic husband, father, brother, uncle and grandfather," the connection continued. "Kind, safe, caring and loving... and truthful overmuch more, that cannot beryllium described successful words. A hub successful our lives, and it's unbelievable that we present person to unrecorded connected without you. We emotion and miss you truthful much."
ABBA members Agnetha Fältskog, Björn Ulvaeus, Benny Andersson and Anni-Frid Lyngstad besides paid tribute to the musician.
"Lasse was a beloved friend, a amusive feline and a superb guitarist," the Swedish set wrote connected Instagram April 10. "The value of his originative input successful the signaling workplace arsenic good arsenic his stone coagulated guitar enactment connected signifier was immense."
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"We mourn his tragic and premature death," their connection continued, "and retrieve the kinds words, the consciousness of humor, the smiling face, the philharmonic brilliance of the antheral who played specified an integral relation successful the ABBA story."
Lasse started collaborating with ABBA successful the '70s and toured with them for the second fractional of the decade. Most recently, helium worked with the radical connected their 2021 album Voyage, which was nominated for 2 Grammys.
As ABBA concluded their tribute, Lasse "will beryllium profoundly missed and ne'er forgotten."
