Joe Cocker, the raspy-voiced British singer known for his frenzied cover of With A Little Help From My Friends, the teary ballad You Are So Beautiful and a contorted performing style uncannily parodied by John Belushi on Saturday Night Live, has died. He was 70.
Gallery: Muso Joe Cocker dies
In this July 20, 2002 file photo, British Rock and Blues legend Joe Cocker performs on stage of the Stravinski hall during the Montreux Jazz Festival, in Montreux, Switzerland.
In this July 20, 2002 file photo, British Rock and Blues legend Joe Cocker performs on stage of the Stravinski hall during the Montreux Jazz Festival, in Montreux, Switzerland.
Joe Cocker died of lung cancer in Colorado, where he has lived for the past two decades. Phil Photo
In this June 1970 photo released by Linda Wolf, British singer Joe Cocker performs during the Joe Cocker - Mad Dogs & Englishmen tour and traveling party. Cocker, the raspy-voiced British singer known for his frenzied cover of "With a Little Help From My Friends," and the teary ballad "You Are So Beautiful," died of lung cancer. File photo: www.lindawolf.net, Linda Wolf)
In this June 1970 photo released by Linda Wolf, British singer Joe Cocker appears in Los Angeles after the Joe Cocker - Mad Dogs & Englishmen tour and traveling party. Cocker, the raspy-voiced British singer known for his frenzied cover of "With a Little Help From My Friends," and the teary ballad "You Are So Beautiful," died of lung cancer on, Monday, Dec. 22, 2014 in Colorado. Photo: www.lindawolf.net, Linda Wolf
In this June 1970 photo released by Linda Wolf, British singer Joe Cocker performs during the Joe Cocker - Mad Dogs & Englishmen tour and traveling party. Cocker, the raspy-voiced British singer known for his frenzied cover of "With a Little Help From My Friends," and the teary ballad "You Are So Beautiful," died of lung cancer on, Monday, Dec. 22, 2014 in Colorado. File photo: www.lindawolf.net, Linda Wolf
Joe Cocker pauses while potting heirloom tomatoes on the back porch of his home at Mad Dog Ranch in Crawford, Colorado. Cocker died of lung cancer in Colorado, where he has lived for the past two decades. File photo: The Denver Post, Joe Amon
A file picture dated 07 December 2007 shows British singer Joe Cocker performing onstage during a concert in Riga, Latvia. Cocker died at the age of 70. File photo: ANSIS STARKS
A file picture dated 05 June 2011 shows British rock singer Joe Cocker performin during his concert at the Papp Laszlo Budapest Sports Arena in Budapest, Hungary. Cocker died at the age of 70. File photo: BALAZS MOHAI
British singer Joe Cocker speaks after receiving the trophy for Category 'lifetime achievement award music' during the 48th Golden Camera award ceremony in Berlin, in 2013. The raspy-voiced, Grammy-winning singer Cocker, best known for his cover of the Beatles' "With A Little Help From My Friends" and "You Are So Beautiful," has died. File photo: Maurizio Gambarin
British rock singer Joe Cocker (L) is honoured at Hollywood's Rock Walk as he holds a plaque presented to him after placing his handprints in cement in Hollywood, accompanied by fellow musician Keith Emerson (R) of the group Emerson Lake and Palmer in this 1998 photo. The raspy-voiced, Grammy-winning singer Cocker, best known for his cover of the Beatles' "With A Little Help From My Friends" and "You Are So Beautiful," has died. File photo: Fred Prouser
British singer Joe Cocker performs at the Coca-Cola Tbilisi Jazz Festival in Tbilisi, in 2007. The raspy-voiced, Grammy-winning singer Cocker, best known for his cover of the Beatles' "With A Little Help From My Friends" and "You Are So Beautiful," has died. File photo: David Mdzinarishvili
A file picture dated 16 August 2011 shows British singer Joe Cocker performing in Hamburg, Germany. Media reports on 22 December 2014 state that Cocker died at the age of 70. Photo: ANGELIKA WARMUTH
Published Dec 23, 2014
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