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Tributes Pour In For Rolling Stones Drummer Charlie Watts

LOS ANGELES (CBSLA) -- Charlie Watts, who served as the drummer for the iconic Rolling Stones for six decades, died Tuesday at the age of 80.

Charlie's New Haircut
Drummer Charlie Watts of the Rolling Stones, at a British concert and sporting a new David Bowie style feather cut. (Photo by Daily Express/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

The band confirmed in a statement that Watts passed away in a London hospital.

The exact cause of death was unclear. Earlier this month, the Stones announced that Watts would miss the band's upcoming U.S. tour to recover from a medical procedure.

Following news of his death, tributes poured in from across the music world from the likes of Elton John and Paul McCartney:

 

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