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Fans from across the globe knew Laakso through his long career as a guitarist, musician, producer and audio engineer, with a foundation firmly planted in Massachusetts’ music scene. His widow says, "He just had something about him that was magic."
Rob Laakso, guitarist for Kurt Vile & The Violators, has died from cancer at age 44.
The Massachusetts native and Emerson College grad passed away from an aggressive form of bile duct cancer called cholangiocarcinoma.