Article 6WF24 Clem Burke, Blondie’s drummer and ‘heartbeat’, dies aged 70

Clem Burke, Blondie’s drummer and ‘heartbeat’, dies aged 70

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Ben Beaumont-Thomas
from World news | The Guardian on (#6WF24)

Debbie Harry and Chris Stein, founding members of the new wave hitmakers, pay tribute to their late bandmate

Clem Burke, the drummer whose backbeats powered Blondie to huge chart success across several decades, has died aged 70.

Burke's bandmates Debbie Harry and Chris Stein said he had died after a private battle with cancer", in a tribute posted to Instagram.

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