Phil Everly, who rose to musical fame with his brother Don in the duo the Everly Brothers, died Friday in Burbank, Calif., the Los Angeles Times reports. He was 74.
Everly’s wife Patti said that he died of complications from chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, a result of smoking cigarettes.
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“We are absolutely heartbroken,” Patti (pictured above, with Phil) told the paper. “He fought long and hard.”
Born in Chicago to a musician father, Everly formed the Everly Brothers with Don after the pair had performed as children as part of the Everly Family.