Danny Kirwan, a Fleetwood Mac guitarist who appeared on five of their albums, died Friday in London. He was 68.
“Today was greeted by the sad news of the passing of Danny Kirwan in London, England,” Mick Fleetwood, one of the band’s founders, wrote in a Facebook post Friday. “Danny was a huge force in our early years. His love for the Blues led him to being asked to join Fleetwood Mac in 1968, where he made his musical home for many years. Danny’s true legacy, in my mind, will forever live on in the music he wrote and played so beautifully as a part of the foundation of Fleetwood Mac, that has now endured for over fifty years.