Soft Machine Co-Founder Mike Ratledge Dead

Mike Ratledge, Soft Machine Keyboardist and Co-Founder, Dead at 81
Mike Ratledge, the keyboardist and a co-founder of English rock band Soft Machine, has died, the band’s guitarist John Etheridge confirmed. He was 81 years old.
Mike Ratledge, Keyboardist in Soft Machine, Dies at 81
Soft Machine founding member and keyboard player Mike Ratledge died on Wednesday, February 5 after a brief illness, according to his former bandmate and guitarist John Etheridge. “Mike was the backbone of Soft Machine in the early years and a man with an absolutely incisive mind – a marvellous composer and keyboardist,
Soft Machine Co-Founder Mike Ratledge Has Died
Mike Ratledge — co-founding keyboardist for the influential, proggy psych-rock band from Canterbury, Soft Machine — has died. He was 81.
Soft Machine founding member Mike Ratledge dead at 81
Soft Machine founding member Mike Ratledge dead at 81 following a brief illness, who formed the group in 1966 before departing in 1976, it is revealed.
Soft Machine Co-Founder Mike Ratledge Dead at 81
Mike Ratledge, keyboardist and founding member of Soft Machine, has died. He was 81 years old. The news was confirmed by Ratledge’s former bandmate and current Soft Machine guitarist John Etheridge in a Facebook post.
Soft Machine founding keyboardist Mike Ratledge dead at 81
Mike was the backbone of Soft Machine in the early years and a man with an absolutely incisive mind,” wrote Soft Machine's John Etheridge.
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Mike Ratledge, Soft Machine co-founder, dead at 81
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