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Mr. Becker, left, and Mr. Fagen in Los Angeles in 1977.
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Walter Becker
Died on September 3, 2017 at age 67
As a guitarist and songwriter with Steely Dan – his long partnership with Donald Fagen – Mr. Becker made suavely subversive pop hits out of slippery jazz harmonies and verbal enigmas. The duo sold more than 40 million records and were inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame.
Notable Deaths 2017
Remembering Mary Tyler Moore, Chuck Berry, Jerry Lewis, David Rockefeller, Trisha Brown, Glen Campbell, Dick Gregory, Edith Windsor, Sam Shepard, Tom Petty and many others who died this year.