\u201cIt\u2019s with great sadness and heartache to announce the passing of my sweet dear Alex Ligertwood, my husband of 25 years, we knew each other for 36 years,\u201d Brogan wrote. \u201cAlex passed peacefully in his sleep with his doggy Bobo by his side yesterday.\u201d<\/p>\n
Ligertwood\u2019s cause of death was not revealed.<\/p>\n
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Alex Ligertwood, left, and Jorge Santana of the band Santana perform Oct. 9, 1993, at Shoreline Amphitheater in Mountain View, Calif.<\/p>\n
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\u201cAlex was loved by so many. If you knew him, you loved him. He touched so many with his extraordinary voice. He was all heart and soul,\u201d Brogan\u2019s statement continued. \u201cHis favorite thing in life was to make music, sing and to share his gift with us. He performed his last show just two weeks ago. I\u2019m grateful for that. He did it his way, on his terms, till the end.\u201d<\/p>\n
The singer had five separate stints as Santana\u2019s lead vocalist between 1979 and 1994. <\/p>\n
He famously served as the group\u2019s singer when it performed at Live Aid in 1985<\/a>. His voice was notably featured on the tracks \u201cYou Know That I Love You,\u201d \u201cWinning,\u201d \u201cAll I Ever Wanted\u201d and \u201cHold On.\u201d <\/p>\n Ligertwood also co-wrote such songs as \u201cSomewhere in Heaven\u201d and \u201cMake Somebody Happy,\u201d among others.<\/p>\n Aside from his contributions to Santana, Ligertwood played alongside guitar legend Jeff Beck as part of the Jeff Beck Group in the early \u201870s. He also played in jazz-rock keyboardist Brian Auger\u2019s band Oblivion Express.<\/p>\n Auger, who has played with Rod Stewart and Jimi Hendrix, paid tribute to Ligertwood in a Facebook post<\/a> Saturday evening. <\/p>\n \u201cTo me, Alex aka \u2018Wee Eck\u2019 was simply the best singer to ever do it. In all my years of music, I never heard anyone who possessed that kind of range or that effortless, carefree ability to soar through a melody. He didn\u2019t just sing songs; he lived them,\u201d Auger wrote. \u201cThe world feels much quieter today without his voice, and I will miss my friend more than words can say. The big band in the sky just got infinitely better with Alex\u2019s arrival.\u201d<\/p>\n The singer also appeared on records with French jazz group Troc in the 1970s, American rock band the Dregs in the 1980s, and the Grateful Dead spinoff project Go Ahead in the late 1980s.<\/p>\n Ligertwood was born in Glasgow, Scotland, on Dec. 18, 1946. <\/p>\n