His death was confirmed by Jesse Paris Smith, the daughter of Verlaine's past collaborator and ex-girlfriend Patty Smith
Guitarist Tom Valeraine, co-founder of the 1970s band Television has died aged 73 after battling a "brief illness".
"I met Tom when I was a child, not long after my dad passed away," she wrote. "In him, I felt the energy of a father, a man to hug, to laugh with, to share in mischievous jokes and wild imagination." After the band broke up in 1978, Tom went on to record eight solo albums between 1979 and 1992. His poetic lyrics, jagged guitar playing style and use of heavy vibrato and distortion cemented him as an icon in the rock community.
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