Andrew Fletcher of Depeche Mode performs at the Paleo Festival in Nyon, Switzerland, on July 17, 2018. (Photo: Reuters)
Andy Fletcher, who played synthesizers in Depeche Mode, an electronics-heavy British band that developed a huge fan following and sold millions of records in the 1980s and ’90s, has died. He was 60.
The band announced his death on Thursday on Twitter. The announcement did not specify where he died or give a cause. An unidentified source close to the band told The Associated Press that he died Thursday at his home in Britain.
Fletcher formed Depeche Mode in 1980 in Basildon, east of London, with fellow synthesizer players Vince Clarke and Martin Gore and vocalist Dave Gahan. Clarke left after the…
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