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‘He was the best rock and roll guitarist of all time,’ tweets Mike Scott of The Waterboys.

Verlaine influenced many bands while playing at ultra-cool downtown New York music venue CBGB alongside the Ramones, Patti Smith and Talking Heads.

Tom Verlaine, co-founding guitarist of influential 1970s punk rock band Television, has died at age 73.

Verlaine’s jaggedly inventive playing as part of the band’s two-guitar assault influenced many musicians.

Television released its debut album, 'Marquee Moon,' in February 1977.

Fellow musicians pay tribute to Tom Verlaine, who died on Saturday after a brief illness, and was revered by generations of rock guitarists for his jaggedly inventive playing.

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NEW YORK (AP) — Tom Verlaine, guitarist and co-founder of the seminal proto-punk band Television who influenced many bands while playing at ultra-cool downtown New York music venue CBGB alongside the Ramones, Patti Smith and Talking Heads, has died. He was 73. He died Saturday in New York City, surrounded…

Tom Verlaine, guitarist and co-founder of the seminal proto-punk band Television who influenced many bands while playing at ultra-cool downtown New York music...

Tom Verlaine, who co-founded the rock group Television, died at 73 after a brief illness. He also played the guitar and keyboards for the band.