Pete Brown, co-writer of Cream hit Sunshine Of Your Love, dies aged 82

Lyricist Pete Brown arrives for the funeral of Jack Bruce (Nick Ansell/PA)

Songwriter and poet Pete Brown, who co-wrote Sunshine Of Your Love and White Room for the short-lived rock supergroup Cream in the 1960s, has died at the age of 82.

Brown died of cancer late on Friday, according to a post on his Facebook page.