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Pete Quaife, the original bassist of the Kinks, has died, according to bandmate Ray Davies. Quaife was 66.Quaife died of kidney failure Wednesday in Herlev, Denmark. He moved to Denmark in 2005 after many years in Canada. He had recently gotten engaged to his partner, Elisabeth.
“I am overwhelmed with emotion- I literally can’t speak- we might never have done any of this without him,” said Kinks guitarist Dave Davies in a statement on his website, davedavies.com. “The Kinks were never really the Kinks without you.”