US EditionFormer Scorpions Bassist Francis Buchholz Dies at 71
Francis Buchholz, bassist on iconic Scorpions hits like “Rock You Like a Hurricane,” died at 71 after a private cancer battle, his family said in a statement.
- On Friday, the band announced longtime bassist Francis Buchholz has died, posting the news on the Scorpions' Facebook page.
- His family wrote on Friday that Buchholz passed away yesterday after a private battle with cancer and departed peacefully, surrounded by love.
- During his time with Scorpions, Francis Buchholz's tenure ran from 1973 to 1992, and his bass appears on hits like Rock You Like a Hurricane and No One Like You.
- Fans around the world responded with tributes thanking him for his music and loyalty, including messages like Rockin' the afterlife like a hurricane!.
- Fellow band members Rudolf Schenker, Klaus Meine and Mattias Jabs issued a Facebook statement saying, `Though the strings have gone silent, his soul remains in every note he played and in every life he touched.
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South China Morning PostFormer Scorpions bassist Francis Buchholz dies at 71
Francis Buchholz, who anchored Scorpions during the hard rock band's greatest commercial and critical peak, dies at 71.
The former bassist of the legendary German rock band Scorpions has died at the age of 72, his family announced. According to a post on the musician's Facebook profile, Buchholz died of cancer on Thursday. A statement signed by his family also said that he "left this world peacefully and surrounded by love."
Buchholz shaped with his bass the most successful years of the Scorpions. Then the separation came into dispute. He had been a longtime friend, write the Scorpions after the death of the 71-year-old.
Buchholz shaped with his bass the most successful years of the Scorpions. Then the separation came into dispute. He had been a longtime friend, write the Scorpions after the death of the 71-year-old.
The band's last album on which Buchholz participated was 1990's Crazy World, one of the band's most commercially successful albums.
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