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\"TRIBUTESRock and Roll legend Chuck Berry has died aged 90 and the who\u2019s who of the music scene rushed to pay tributes to the \u2018father of rock.\u2019<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Bruce Springsteen said he was “the greatest pure rock ‘n’ roll writer who ever lived,” while Rolling Stones frontman Mick Jagger said, “He lit up our teenage years, and blew life into our dreams of being musicians and performers”. Rocker Alice Cooper tweeted that Berry was “the genesis behind the great sound of rock ‘n’ roll.”\"TRIBUTES
\nThe guitarist and songwriter died of natural causes in the US state of Missouri on Saturday March 18.
\nSeen as one of the fathers of rock ‘n’ roll with a career spanning 7 decades, influencing generations of musicians, including The Beatles, the Rolling Stones and the Beach Boys.
\nNovelist Stephen King noted that Berry had a great innings for a rock star, saying, “Chuck Berry died. This breaks my heart, but 90 years old ain’t bad for rock and roll. Johnny B. Goode forever.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Rock and Roll legend Chuck Berry has died aged 90 and the who\u2019s who of the music scene rushed to pay tributes to the \u2018father of rock.\u2019 Bruce Springsteen said he was “the greatest pure rock ‘n’ roll writer who ever lived,” while Rolling Stones frontman Mick Jagger said, “He lit up our teenage years, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4106,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[28,47],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4103","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-celebrities","category-news"],"yoast_head":"\nTRIBUTES POUR IN FOR ROCK AND ROLL LEGEND - London Rocks<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/rocksmag.com\/london\/tributes-pour-rock-roll-legend\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"TRIBUTES POUR IN FOR ROCK AND ROLL LEGEND - 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