Randy Meisner: Eagles founding member dies aged 77

Randy Meisner, the US bassist and vocalist who co-founded the stone set Eagles has died astatine the property of 77.

Meisner helped signifier the radical successful 1971, taking pb vocals connected the way Take It To The Limit, which helium besides co-wrote.

He contributed lush precocious harmonies to the California group's mega-hit, Hotel California and The Best of My Love.

Meisner died of complications from chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.

"His vocal scope was astonishing, arsenic is evident connected his signature ballad, Take It to the Limit," they said successful a statement.

Eagles - 1 of the astir palmy bands successful past - person sold much than 150 cardinal albums astir the satellite and were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame successful 1998.

Randy Bachman of chap stone group, the Bachman Turner Overdrive, paid tribute to Meisner, saying: "Sorry to perceive Eagles instrumentalist Randy Meisner has near us.

"He was an unthinkable singer, songwriter and bassist. Peace to his friends and family."

Born to a farming household successful Nebraska successful 1946, Meisner played with Rick Nelson's Stone Canyon Band, and Poco, earlier co-founding the Eagles alongside Don Henley, Glenn Frey and Bernie Leadon.

They went connected to specify the country-tinged, laid-back West Coast pop-rock dependable that ruled the US airwaves successful the aboriginal 1970s.

Meisner near the radical aft conscionable six years - being replaced by Timothy B. Schmit - saying helium was exhausted, and helium turned down an connection to re-join for a satellite circuit successful 2013. owed to sick health

Following guitarist Glenn Frey's decease successful 2016, Henley said the set would not play again. But they are owed to signifier a last circuit starting this September successful New York.