Keith Reid Lyricist for Procol Harum Died.

Keith Reid, the lyricist for the very famous English rock band Procol Harum recently bid farewell to this planet. His former rock band members confirmed the news by posting about it on Facebook.

If you are a fan of the band and their music shaped you in any manner possible then this article is for you. Scroll down further to know more about it.

The band, which had a massive wave of fans in the 1960s and 70s because of their hit A Whiter Shade of Pale, recently lost their lyricist Keith Reid. The official page of the band on Facebook was the first one to give this saddening news to the world.

The group also revealed that Keith Reid was suffering from cancer for a very long time. And he was even getting the right treatment for it. On Thursday, the lyricist “died suddenly” as informed by the group that Keith was part of.

The news is pretty saddening and shocking for the fans of the rock band as their music had a pretty massive audience.

What was the reason for Keith’s demise? How did his former band members react to the news? If you have the same questions in mind then this article will answer all of them. Keep on reading to know more.

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Keith Reid Died Suddenly As Informed By Procol Harum Band.

This Thursday, Keith Reid took his last breaths in London. As of now, the particular reason for death is unclear but it looks like it was cancer after all.

According to various reports, Keith was suffering from cancer for a very long time.

Keith was not a performing member of the band. Yet his work was appreciated many times by the band as he wrote most of the lyrics for the songs.

The statement that the Procol Harum band posted on Facebook is as follows –

“We are sad to hear of the death of Keith Reid. An unparalleled lyricist, Keith wrote the words to virtually all Procol Harum songs, as well as co-writing the John Farnham hit You’re The Voice. His lyrics were one of a kind and helped to shape the music created by the band.”

The statement continued, “His imaginative, surreal, and multi-layered words were a joy to Procol fans and their complexity by design was a powerful addition to the Procol Harum catalog. Our thoughts go out to his family and friends.”