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<\/figure>\n\n\n\nFletcher had a true heart of gold and was always there “when you needed support, a lively conversation, a good laugh or a cold beer,” said his bandmates.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
A person close to the band said Fletcher died of natural causes at his home on Thursday, according to the AP news agency.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Andy Fletcher formed the synth-pop band Depeche Mode in 1980 with Dave Gahan and Martin Gore. The Brits achieved world fame with hits like “Enjoy The Silence”, “Personal Jesus” and “Just Can’t Get Enough”.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The band named The Velvet Underground, Kraftwerk and David Bowie (\u2020 69) as influences for Depeche Mode’s characteristic style.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In 2017, the last Depeche Mode album to date, the title “Spirit”, was released.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
On Instagram, the fans mourn their idol. A follower writes stunned: “I can’t believe my eyes while reading this. I hope that everyone in Andy’s family and circle of friends finds the strength now to deal with this unimaginable pain.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Ex-drummer of the band The Cure, Lol Tolhurst (63), wrote on Twitter that Fletcher was a friend to him: “Our paths crossed again and again as young men.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Pet Shop Boys were said to be sad and shocked. “Fletch was a warm, friendly and funny person who loved electronic music and could also offer sound advice about the music business.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n
According to the English Daily Mail, Fletcher suffered from depression that led to a nervous breakdown in 1994.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
The keyboardist of the British cult band “Depeche Mode”, Andy Fletcher (60), is dead! The group announced this on Twitter and Instagram. The band’s sympathy statement read: “We are shocked and filled with overwhelming sadness at the untimely death of our dear friend, family member and bandmate Andy ‘Fletch’ Fletcher.” Fletcher had a true heart …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":29,"featured_media":69996,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[113],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-69995","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-artistry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nationalturk.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/69995","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nationalturk.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nationalturk.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nationalturk.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/29"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nationalturk.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=69995"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.nationalturk.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/69995\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nationalturk.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/69996"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nationalturk.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=69995"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nationalturk.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=69995"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nationalturk.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=69995"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}