Andrew Fletcher, an English keyboardist, DJ, and founding member of the electronic band Depeche Mode, died at the age of 60. At this time, the cause of his death is unknown.
As a member of Depeche Mode, Fletcher was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.
Fletcher and schoolmate Vince Clarke created the short-lived band No Romance in China in the late 1970s, in which he played bass guitar. In 1980, Fletcher met Martin Gore in the Van Gogh pub in Basildon’s Paycocke Road. The trio, now all on synthesizers, created a new ensemble called Composition of Sound with Clarke.
How Did The Musician Andrew Fletcher Die?
The renowned keyboardist and Dj Andrew Fletcher died in the hospital on May 26, however, there is no information if he was ill or if was a sudden reason for his death.
His death, on the other hand, was announced in a statement issued today. Further details about his demise have yet to be published.
For some reason the details are kept private and therefore not much is known about his illness at the time of writing.
His family and well-wishers are still grieving over his loss. Following the news of his death, social media users took to Twitter to express their grief. On the platform, people have begun leaving condolence messages.
Andrew Fletcher Family Details
Andrew Fletcher was the eldest of Joy and (the late) John Fletcher’s four children. When Fletcher was two years old, the family moved from Nottingham to Basildon. From an early age, he was a member of the local Boys’ Brigade, largely to play football.
He met future Depeche Mode member Vince Clarke in this Christian youth organization, and the two both recalled in interviews the local missionary activity they attempted on behalf of the organization to convert non-believers.
Fletcher married Gráinne Mullan, his long-time lover, on January 16, 1993, and the couple has two children, Megan and Joe. Fletcher was known for his chess skills while Depeche Mode was traveling with Blancmange in the early 1980s. In interviews, Blancmange’s Neil Arthur has stated that he has never won a chess game against Andy Fletcher.
Fletcher owned the Gascogne restaurant on Blenheim Terrace in St. John’s Wood, London, in the 1990s. In the mid-1990s, he made a series of disastrous investments that resulted in a number of financial settlements between Lloyd’s of London and Daniel Miller.
Facts About Andrew Fletcher’s Legendary Career
Fletcher’s participation in Depeche Mode has long been a source of controversy. He played electric and then synth bass in the band’s early iterations. Fletcher’s role altered as the band evolved after Vince Clarke’s departure in 1981, as each band member pursued interests that suited them and helped the group as a whole.
Martin’s the lyricist, Alan’s the good musician, Dave’s the vocalist, and I bum around, says Fletcher in a key sequence in D.A. Pennebaker’s 1989 documentary film about the band.
Long after Wilder’s departure from the band, Rolling Stone writer Gavin Edwards riffed on Fletcher’s statement with the first line of his review of 2005’s Playing the Angel Depeche Mode’s peculiar division of work has been long established,