John Lodge, bassist and vocalist for British rockers the Moody Blues, has passed away. According to The Guardian, Lodge’s family broke the news in a statement, writing that he died peacefully at home while listening to Buddy Holly and the Everly Brothers. No cause of death has been reported. Lodge was 82.

British singer and guitarist John Lodge, a longtime member of the band The Moody Blues, has died at the age of 82, his family announced on Friday. Lodge, a bass player, vocalist and songwriter who joined the English rock band two years after its 1964 formation, died "unexpectedly" surrounded by…

John Lodge, legendary bassist and vocalist of The Moody Blues, has died suddenly at age 82, his family announced in a statement.

John Lodge, longtime bassist and singer in the Moody Blues and writer of "Ride My See-Saw" and "Isn’t Life Strange," has died at the age of 82.

He wrote some of the band’s signature songs, including “Ride My See-Saw” and “I’m Just a Singer (in a Rock and Roll Band).”

He was featured on some of the band’s best-known work, including 1967’s psychedelic album “Days Of Future Passed,” which is widely regarded as one of rock’s first conc...

John Lodge, the bassist and singer of the Moody Blues, has died ‘suddenly and unexpectedly.’ He was a major figure in the evolution of progressive rock.

Oct. 10 (UPI) -- Longtime Moody Blues bassist, singer and songwriter John Lodge died suddenly and unexpectedly at age 82 on Friday while surrounded by his family.