Guitarist Tom Verlaine, co-founder of Television, dies aged 73
Tom Verlaine, guitarist and co-founder of the seminal proto-punk band Television who influenced many bands while playing at ultra-cool New York music venue CBGB alongside the Ramones, Patti Smith and Talking Heads, has died aged 73.
He died on Saturday in New York City, surrounded by close friends after a brief illness, said Cara Hutchison from the Lede Company, a public relations firm.
