What is Gordon Haskell?
{{Infobox musical artist <!-- See Wikipedia:WikiProject_Musicians --> | name = Gordon Haskell | image = Gordon+Haskell.jpg | caption = Haskell on the cover of<br>''The Lady Wants To Know'' (2004) | image_size = | background = solo_singer | birth_name = | alias = | birth_date = {{birth date|1946|4|27|df=yed}} | death_date = {{death date and age|2020|10|16|1946|4|27|df=yes}} | birth_place = [[Verwood]], Dorset, England | instrument = [[Singing|Vocals]], [[guitar]], [[bass guitar]] | genre = [[Rock music|Rock]], [[Folk music|folk]], [[jazz]], [[Country music|Country]], [[blues]] | occupation = [[musician]], [[song writer]], [[vocalist]], [[music producer]], etc. | years_active = 1965–2020 | label = Wilderness Records, [[East West Records]], etc. | associated_acts = [[The Fleur de Lys]], [[King Crimson]] | website = [http://www.gordonhaskell.com/ http://www.gordonhaskell.com/] | current_members = | past_members = }} '''Gordon Haskell''' (27 April 1946 – 16 October 2020) was an English musician and singer-songwriter. He was a school friend of [[King Crimson]] guitarist [[Robert Fripp]], the two first working together in Fripp's mid-1960s teenage group the League of Gentlemen. Haskell became known as bass player for the British band [[The Fleur de Lys]], and subsequently spent a short period in King Crimson, singing one of the songs on their [[In the Wake of Poseidon|second album]] and both singing and playing bass on their [[Lizard (album)|third album]]. Haskell died on 16 October 2020 at the age of 74.<ref>{{cite news |date= 19 October 2020 |title= Gordon Haskell: How Wonderful You Are singer dies aged 74 |url= https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-54600505 |work= BBC News |access-date= 19 October 2020}}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Haskell, Gordon}} [[Category:1946 births]] [[Category:2020 deaths]] [[Category:English rock singers]] [[Category:English