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Peter Banks

Original Yes Guitarist Peter Banks Dead at 65

Posted 03/13/2013 at 11:18am | by Damian Fanelli

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Guitarist Peter Banks, a founding member of Yes, died March 7 at his home in London. He was 65. A statement on Banks' website said he was found in his home after he failed to show up for a recording session. Yes — who are in the middle of a US tour — released a statement on their Facebook page, mourning the loss of the band's founding guitarist.

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