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Reid designed the artwork for respective of the Sex Pistols' hits, including God Save The Queen
By Steven McIntosh
Entertainment reporter
Jamie Reid, the creator down the Sex Pistols' celebrated grounds covers and logo, has died astatine the property of 76.
He created the artwork for respective of the seminal punk band's hits successful the 1970s, including God Save The Queen.
Reid's distinctive benignant was emblematic of the punk movement, and his designs became heavy associated with the Sex Pistols' dependable and style.
His gallerist confirmed to BBC News that Reid died connected Tuesday, adding that helium leaves down an "enormous legacy".
"We sadly denote the passing of Jamie MacGregor Reid 16 January 1947 - 8 August 2023," said a connection from the John Marchant Gallery.
"Artist, iconoclast, anarchist, punk, hippie, rebel and romantic. Jamie leaves down a beloved girl Rowan a granddaughter Rose, and an tremendous legacy."
Reid's origin of decease has not been announced.
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Image caption,Some of Reid's enactment was featured arsenic portion of an auction of Sex Pistols memorabilia astatine Sotheby's successful London past year
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Image caption,Reid's enactment often resembled a ransom note, with letters looking arsenic if they had been chopped retired of paper headlines
Paying tribute, writer Jon Savage, who antecedently worked with Reid, posted: "His quality to render analyzable ideas successful oculus catching visuals was their cleanable accompaniment."
Reid's enactment often resembled a ransom enactment - with idiosyncratic letters appearing arsenic if they had been chopped retired separately from paper headlines.
His Décollage-style enactment featured connected the screen of the Sex Pistols medium Never Mind the Bollocks, Here's the Sex Pistols arsenic good arsenic the band's azygous Anarchy successful the UK.
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