Celebrated soul guitarist Steve Cropper dies aged 84

Steve Cropper (Mark Humphrey/AP)

Steve Cropper, the guitarist and songwriter who helped anchor celebrated Memphis backing band Booker T and the MGs at Stax Records, has died at the age of 84.

Pat Mitchell Worley, president and chief executive of the Soulsville Foundation, said Cropper’s family had told her that he died on Wednesday in Nashville.