Walter Becker, a guitarist with and co-founder of the rock and roll band Steely Dan, is dead at the age of 67. Becker's death today was confirmed on his official site. No cause or other details were given. Becker partnered with band co-founder Donald Fagen on such Steely Dan hits as "Katy Lied," "Reelin' In the Years," "Deacon Blues" and "Rikki Don't Lose That Number." Becker and Fagen, who he met at Bard College in New York in 1967, were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2001. Fagen wrote in a tribute today that Becker was "smart as a whip, an excellent guitarist and a great songwriter. He was cynical about human nature, including his own, and hysterically funny."
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