Mike Pinder, the last surviving founding member of The Moody Blues, has died at the age of 82. The keyboard player had been suffering from dementia for several years.

A statement from his family revealed that Pinder passed “peacefully” and that his final days were “filled with music, encircled by the love of his family. Michael lived his life with a childlike wonder, walking a deeply introspective path which fused the mind and