Music

Founding Member of The Moody Blues Dead at 82

R.I.P.

The English rocker founded the band in 1964 and was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2018.

Amanda Yen
Amanda Yen 

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Mike Pinder of the Moody Blues performs on stage in March 1972 in Amsterdam, Netherlands.
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Amanda Yen

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