Tom Verlaine, frontman for iconic punk band Television, has died at the age of 73. A press statement said that Verlaine died at his New York City home after battling a brief illness.
Jessie Paris Smith, daughter of Verlaine’s friend and contemporary Patti Smith, also confirmed the news to the New York Times. In a statement of her own, Patti Smith said, “This is a time when all seemed possible. Farewell Tom, aloft the Omega.”
Born Thomas Miller, the budding talent was raised in New Jersey, where he first learned saxophone and piano. Like many young people of his era, he switched to guitar after being inspired
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