War bassist and co-founder Morris "B.B." Dickerson has died aged 71

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Bassist Morris "B.B." Dickerson, a co-founder of 1970s funk-rock-soul legends War, has died aged 71.

A representative confirmed to Billboard that Dickerson passed away peacefully at a hospital in Long Beach, California, on April 2 after a long, undisclosed illness.

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Richard Bienstock

Rich is the co-author of the best-selling Nöthin' But a Good Time: The Uncensored History of the '80s Hard Rock Explosion. He is also a recording and performing musician, and a former editor of Guitar World magazine and executive editor of Guitar Aficionado magazine. He has authored several additional books, among them Kurt Cobain: Montage of Heck, the companion to the documentary of the same name.