Lou Reed: Rock legend Lou Reed dies at 71

Lou Reed

Musician

Lewis Allan "Lou" Reed is an American rock musician, songwriter, and photographer. He is best known as guitarist, vocalist, and principal songwriter of The Velvet Underground, and for his solo career, which has spanned several decades. 

Born: March 2, 1942 (age 71), Brooklyn, New York, United States

Height: 1.65 m

Spouse: Laurie Anderson (m. 2008), Sylvia Morales (m. 1980–1994), Betty Reed (m. 1973)

Music group: The Velvet Underground (1965 – 1970)

Lou Reed, lead singer of Velvet Underground, dies aged 71:

Musician and his New York group influenced generations of bands with mixture of European and US styles of sound and art;

Lou Reed, lead singer of the Velvet Underground, veteran chronicler of life's wilder, seamier and more desperate side and one of the most influential and distinctive songwriters of his generation, has died at the age of 71.He had been suffering from liver failure and received a transplant earlier this year.