Lasse Wellander has died on the age of 70.
The musician was most recognized for having performed the guitar on 24 traditional tracks carried out by Swedish pop supergroup ABBA however handed away on Good Friday (07.04.23) following a brief battle with most cancers, his household has confirmed.
A press release posted to Fb learn: “It’s with indescribable disappointment that we have now to announce that our beloved Lasse has fallen asleep. You had been an incredible musician and humble as few, however above all you had been an exquisite husband, father, brother, uncle and grandfather.
“Lasse lately fell unwell with what turned out to be most cancers that had unfold, and early on Good Friday he handed away surrounded by his family members. We love and miss you a lot.”
Following the information of Lasse’s passing, the ABBA Museum was the primary to pay tribute to the tragic musician as they remembered how a lot he had labored with the ‘Waterloo hitmakers all through their profession.
Their assertion learn: “After a brief interval of sickness our beloved pal and the completely good guitarist Lasse Wellander has handed away. He was probably the most caring and beautiful individual and a very devoted musician. Please take a second and take heed to all his improbable guitar enjoying for ABBA – from the early years to Voyage.”
Lasse started touring with Agnetha Fältskog, Anni-Frid Lyngstad, Björn Ulvaeus, and Benny Andersson throughout the peak of their fame within the Seventies however will be heard enjoying on a few of their greatest hits, together with the likes of ‘Figuring out Me, Figuring out You’, ‘Take a Likelihood on Me’, ‘The Identify of the Sport’ and ‘Voulez-Vous’, and in addition assisted on the creation of their jukebox musical ‘Mamma Mia!’ in 1999.
