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Pentangle star Bert Jansch dies, aged 67

Published Wednesday, Oct 5 2011, 11:27 BST | By Mayer Nissim | 6 comments

Bert Jansch has died at the age of 67.

The founding member of folk-rock band Pentangle reportedly passed away in a hospice in Hampstead after suffering from cancer for many years.

Matt Everett on BBC 6 Music received a statement from the family confirming the news.

"Bert Jansch has unfortunately passed away last night after a long battle with cancer," Terrascope wrote on Twitter. "A true legend the likes of which we shan't see again for a while."

Jansch had recently been forced to cancel a live show in Edinburgh due to his ill health.

The guitarist won a solo Lifetime Achievement Award from the BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards in 2001 and picked up the same accolade again as a member of Pentangle in 2007.

In 2006, he collaborated with Beth Orton and Devendra Banhart on his album The Black Swan.

The following year, he played guitar on 'The Lost Art of Murder', the closing track on Babyshambles' second album Shotter's Nation.

Watch Bert Jansch play 'Reynardine' from 2000 documentary Dreamweaver below: