LONDON — Ginger Baker, the volatile and propulsive British musician who was best known for his time with the power trio Cream, has died at 80, his family says. Baker’s family said on Twitter that he ...

A brief statement on Baker's social media page Sunday (Oct. 6) revealed, "We are very sad to say that Ginger has passed away peacefully this morning. Thank you to everyone for your kind words to us ...

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Ginger Baker, the volatile and propulsive drummer for Cream and other bands who wielded blues power and jazz finesse and helped shatter boundaries of time, tempo and style in popular music, died ...

LONDON (Reuters) - British rock music drummer Ginger Baker, a co-founder of the 1960's supergroup Cream with bass player Jack Bruce and guitarist Eric Clapton, died on Sunday aged 80. Baker, who was ...

UNITED KINGDOM (CNN) -- Ginger Baker, notorious hell-raiser and celebrated drummer in the supergroup Cream, has died at the age of 80 at a hospital in the United Kingdom. "Dad passed away peacefully," ...

Ginger Baker, the legendary drummer in the 1960s supergroup Cream, died Sunday in a hospital in the United Kingdom. He was 80. A co-founder of Cream in 1966, Baker also played with Blind Faith, ...

Ginger Baker, esteemed as one of the most virtuosic drummers ever to sit behind a kit through his innovative work with English rock bands Cream and the short-lived Blind Faith, died on Sunday. He was ...

Drummer Ginger Baker, who became rock’s first superstar percussionist as a member of the wildly popular ‘60s British power trio Cream, died Sunday in England. He was 80. His Facebook and Twitter pages ...