That aforesaid day, Christine's household revealed successful a connection that the Grammy victor had "peacefully" passed distant astatine a infirmary pursuing a "short illness."

Christine joined Fleetwood Mac—which was co-founded by her then-husband John McVie and Mick Fleetwood—as a co-vocalist and keyboard subordinate successful 1970, going connected to constitute classical hits specified arsenic "Everywhere" and "Don't Stop." 

And soon aft her death, her Fleetwood bandmates, including Mick, Stevie Nicks and erstwhile subordinate Lindsey Buckingham shared moving tributes to their precocious person connected societal media. And conscionable a fewer months aboriginal astatine the 2023 Grammys—where she won a posthumous Grammy for Best Arrangement, Instruments and Vocals with "Songbird (Orchestral Version)" by Vince Mendoza— Christine was honored by Mick, Sheryl Crow and Bonnie Raitt arsenic they sang her hit "Songbird."

"For maine to get to tribute Christine, due to the fact that they've been—the set and Christine—so influential connected me, but besides to get to bash it with Mick, it's truthful heavy and meaningful to me," Sheryl exclusively told Bobby Bones during E! Live from the Red Carpet. "I consciousness similar I'm getting the grant of getting to honor."

Mick added that their show was the trio's mode of "collectively representing Christine."

"What she meant arsenic a idiosyncratic successful Fleetwood Mac and of people personally to maine and the set members and a batch of different household members," helium shared with E! News. "Outside of that, I deliberation it's a infinitesimal to accolade the wonderment of a hugely talented, beauteous unsuspecting woman known arsenic Christine McVie."