Ventures guitarist Bob Bogle dies at 75

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He was 75.

The cause was non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma, according to Don Wilson, who co-founded the Ventures with Bogle in the 1950s.

“He had a special sound that nobody could ever re-create. He was totally unique as a guitar player,” Wilson told CNNRadio.

Wilson and Bogle learned how to play guitar while working as construction workers in the 1950s in their native Tacoma, Washington. The pair formed the Ventures in 1958.

“We had a lot of time on our hands after work, so we’d get together and play,” Wilson recalled. “A year and a half later, we had a number two hit called ‘Walk — Don’t Run.’ ” The group first heard the song on a Chet Atkins record.

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