Walter Becker, the co-founder and guitarist for Steely Dan, had died, TMZ has confirmed.
Becker, along with co-member Donald Fagen, wrote a some huge hits in the 70’s, including “Rikki Don’t Lose that Number,” “Deacon Blues,” “Kid Charlemagne,” “Hey Nineteen,” and ‘My Old School.”
The group disbanded in 1981 but they came back in the 90’s and produced several big albums, including Two Against Nature, which snagged 4 Grammy Awards, including Album of the Year.
Becker and Fagen were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2001
We’re told Becker had been very ill and underwent surgery last month.
Becker was 67.
Fagen tells TMZ, “Walter Becker was my friend, my writing partner and my bandmate since we met as students at Band College in 1967, We started writing nutty little tunes on an upright piano in a…
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