Deep Purple News

Jon Lord of Deep Purple Has Died of Cancer

16 Jul The music world has lost a legend.  Deep Purple keyboardist, Jon Lord, has died after battling cancer for just over a year.  He was 71 years old. The diagnosis came in 2011 when a cancerous tumor was found on his pancreas.  He had treatment in Israel just this past February but, sadly, it wasn’t enough. Fans were hoping he would recover... Read more »

Tags: deep purple