The Smiths bassist Andy Rourke, RIP

Andy Rourke, bassist for The Smiths, has died of pancreatic cancer. He was 59.

"Andy will be remembered as a kind and beautiful soul, and as a supremely gifted musician," Johnny Marr, guitarist for The Smiths, posted on Instagram.

From Marr's statement about his friend and creative collaborator:

Andy and I met as schoolboys in 1975.