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Mott The Hoople’s Pete Overend Watts dies
By Andy Malt | Published on Tuesday 24 January 2017
Founding member of Mott The Hoople, Pete Overend Watts, has died, aged 69. He had been receiving treatment for cancer.
In a statement yesterday, Peter Purnell from Angel Air Records said: “Peter Overend Watts died yesterday from cancer. He was one of the nicest, gifted individuals I am proud to have called a friend”.
Formed in 1969, Mott The Hoople are probably best remembered for their 1972 song ‘All The Young Dudes’, which was written and produced by David Bowie. Splitting in 1974, the band nonetheless managed to record and release seven albums.
Watts was involved in two reunions in 2009 and 2013. His death comes almost exactly a year after that of the band’s drummer Dale Griffin.
