Stooges guitarist found dead, aged 60

Ron Asheton, the guitarist and founding member of the Stooges, was found dead this morning.

The 60-year-old's body was discovered by police at his Ann Arbor, Michigan home after his personal assistant reported that she had not been able to contact him for days.

No cause of death has been confirmed but early reports suggest that Asheton suffered a heart attack.

Detective Bill Stanford told Michigan Live that the rocker's body had been found on his couch and that he could have passed away several days ago.

Asheton, his brother Scott, bassist Dave Alexander and frontman Iggy Pop founded the Stooges in Detroit in 1967. They reunited in 2003 and released comeback album The Weirdness in 2007.

Asheton was recently ranked number 29 on Rolling Stone's list of the 100 Greatest Guitarists Of All Time.