Dewey Martin dies aged 68

The drummer of folk legends Buffalo Springfield Dewey Martin has died in his apartment at the age of 68.

Martin, whose real name was Walter Milton Dwayne Midkiff, is thought to have died of natural causes on January 31 and was discovered by a roommate the next day, the LA Times reports.

Monkees drummer and friend Micky Dolenz said: "It's a great loss. We never worked together, we just hung out a lot.

"We went to shows together at the Whisky and the Troubadour. He was a great drummer - it's a well-known fact. And he was a really nice guy."

Buffalo Springfield only existed from 1966 to 1968 but boasted Neil Young and Stephen Stills among its founding members.

The band was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1997.