‘Black Magic Woman’ Peter Green Founding Member ‘Fleetwood Mac’ Dead At 73

LONDON, UK. (THECOUNT) — Peter Green, one of the founding members of Fleetwood Mac, has died. He was 73.

Among the hits Green performed on are timeless classics including, “Black Magic Woman,” and “Need Your Love So Bad.”

Via TMZ:

The family put out a statement that said … “It is with great sadness that the family of Peter Green announce his death this weekend, peacefully in his sleep.”

Green, a blues/rock guitarist, created Fleetwood Mac with Mick Fleetwood way back in ’67, and the group produced an insane number of hits … the insanity only surpassed by the drama inside the group.

The group was originally known as Peter Green’s Fleetwood Mac featuring Jeremy Spencer. It’s a mouthful, and was collapsed to simply Fleetwood Mac several years later.

Peter left the group in 1970 and was replaced by Lindsey Buckingham. He struggled with mental illness, which was a principal reason he left the group.

A cause of death was not provided as of Friday morning.

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