Motorhead frontman Lemmy dies aged 70

LONDON: Ian “Lemmy” Kilmister, the hell-raising frontman of iconic British heavy metal band Motorhead, has died aged 70 of a sudden, aggressive cancer, the group said Tuesday.
The gravel-voiced veteran, one of rock and roll’s great survivors despite a hard-partying lifestyle, was diagnosed with cancer on Saturday — two days after his 70th birthday — and died on Monday.
The singer and bass player with the band dubbed the world’s loudest was the embodiment of rock and roll excess.
“Our mighty, noble friend Lemmy passed away today after a short battle with an extremely aggressive cancer,” the band said on their official Facebook page.
“He had learnt of the disease on Dec. 26, and was at home, sitting in front of his favorite video game from The Rainbow, with his family. “We cannot begin to express our shock and sadness, there aren’t words.”
Kilmister lived a cramped flat in Los Angeles stuffed with memorabilia. He was typically to be found inside the nearby Rainbow Bar and Grill on Sunset Strip, playing a fruit machine. He is considered a heavy metal pioneer — though he always insisted Motorhead was a rock and roll band — and cut an iconic figure, with his mutton chop sideburns, long hair, prominent facial warts, black hat and black shirt.