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Richard Lloyd, Television's Virtuoso Guitarist, Dies at 75

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Richard Lloyd, co-founder and guitarist of the pioneering punk band Television, has died at the age of 75. His family announced his death to Rolling Stone magazine. The cause was cholangiocarcinoma, a bile duct cancer diagnosed in March 2026. Lloyd died on Saturday, November 7, at his home in Chattanooga, Tennessee, according to the New York Times. Born in Pittsburgh in 1951 and raised in Greenwich Village, Lloyd co-founded Television in 1973 with Tom Verlaine, Billy Ficca, and Richard Hell. The band's debut album, “Marquee Moon” (1977), became a landmark of alternative music, influencing bands such as R.E.M. and Sonic Youth, though it had modest commercial success in the US. Lloyd appeared on all of Television's albums, including “Marquee Moon.” He left the band in 1978 due to addiction issues but later returned. Tom Verlaine, the band's leader, died in 2023. Outlets differ in describing the band's genre: some call Television punk rock, others post-punk or new wave.

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Outlets: 16. Countries: 6. Facts in the shared core: 4.

Publication timeline

  1. · Rolling Stone (outlet profile)

    Richard Lloyd, Television’s Virtuoso Guitarist, Dead at 75. Guitarist, who was diagnosed with bile duct cancer in March 2026, died Saturday from Cholangiocarcinoma, his family announced

  2. · Pitchfork (outlet profile)

    Richard Lloyd, Television Guitarist, Dies at 75. Lloyd co-founded the pioneering rock band alongside Tom Verlaine, Billy Ficca, and Richard Hell

  3. · Metropoles (outlet profile)

    Richard Lloyd, fundador da banda Television, morre aos 75 anos. Diagnosticado com um tipo raro e agressivo de câncer em março de 2026, Richard Lloyd faleceu na manhã deste sábado (7/11)

  4. · Variety (outlet profile)

    Richard Lloyd, Television’s Fiery and Fluent Guitarist, Dies at 75. Richard Lloyd, whose fluent and fiery guitar work was a vital element in the influential 1970s-era New York City band Television, died on Saturday at h…

  5. · G1 (outlet profile)

    Richard Lloyd, guitarrista e fundador da banda Television, morre aos 75 anos. Richard Lloyd, guitarrista e fundador da banda Television, morre aos 75 anos Reprodução/Instagram Richard Lloyd, guitarrista e fundador da ba…

  6. · Evening Standard (outlet profile)

    Television guitarist Richard Lloyd dies aged 75. The Pennsylvanian appeared on all of the New York punk band’s albums, including Marquee Moon.

  7. · Belfast Telegraph (outlet profile)

    Television guitarist Richard Lloyd dies aged 75

  8. · Folha de S.Paulo (outlet profile)

    Morre Richard Lloyd, guitarrista do Television, expoente do punk nova-iorquino, aos 75. Richard Lloyd, guitarrista do Television , banda que ajudou a definir o punk e a new wave nova-iorquinos nos anos 1970, morreu nest…

  9. · UOL (outlet profile)

    Morre Richard Lloyd, guitarrista do Television, expoente do punk nova-iorquino, aos 75

  10. · La Nación (outlet profile)

    Murió Richard Floyd, guitarrista de Television, banda de culto de los 70. Tras la partida de su líder, en 2023, el extinto grupo pierde a otra de sus figuras centrales

  11. · O Globo (outlet profile)

    Richard Lloyd, icônico guitarrista do Television, morre aos 75 anos. Guitarrista e fundador da banda de pós-punk Television, Richard Lloyd morreu neste sábado (7), aos 75 anos, nos Estados Unidos. Ele tinha câncer nos d…

  12. · Terra (outlet profile)

    Morre Richard Lloyd, guitarrista do Television, aos 75 anos

  13. · Tanjug (outlet profile)

    Ričard Lojd, osnivač i gitarista pank benda Television, preminuo u 75. godini

  14. · Jovem Pan (outlet profile)

    Guitarrista do Television, Richard Lloyd morre aos 75 anos em decorrência de um câncer. O grupo Television surgiu em 1973 e marcou época no punk rock, mesmo inicialmente tendo durado apenas até 1978

  15. · Коммерсантъ (outlet profile)

    Умер гитарист и сооснователь Television Ричард Ллойд. Американский гитарист Ричард Ллойд скончался в возрасте 75 лет. О смерти сооснователя панк-группы Television рассказала семья музыканта журналу Rolling Stone.

  16. · Telegraf (outlet profile)

    Umro Ričard Lojd. Ričard Lojd, osnivač i gitarista uticajne američke pank grupe Television, preminuo je u 75. godini u svom domu u Čatanugi, u američkoj saveznoj državi Tenesi,.

Factual core

  • Richard Lloyd, guitarist of the band Television, died at the age of 75.
  • Richard Lloyd was 75 years old at the time of his death.
  • Television was a band that helped define New York punk and new wave in the 1970s.
  • Richard Lloyd was diagnosed with bile duct cancer in March 2026.

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