The English guitarist, singer, and songwriter was inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame earlier this year.

A legendary guitarist behind some of the most enduring hits of the 1970s has died, just months before his band is set to be inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Mick Ralphs, the British musician who co-founded Mott the Hoople and Bad Company,

A 1970s rock legend who co-founded two major bands is dead at age 81. Mick Ralphs, a guitarist and founding member of Bad Company and Mott the Hoople, died Monday, according to Bad Company bandmate Paul Rodgers. An official cause of death was not immediately announced.