On September 26th, Baker’s family took to Twitter to announce that Ginger had become extremely ill. A few days later, his family announced that he was doing better and “holding his own.” Unfortunately, early this morning, at the age of 80, the legendary Cream drummer, passed away.
The announcement came this morning through social media:
We are very sad to say that Ginger has passed away peacefully in hospital this morning. Thank you to everyone for your kind words over the past weeks.
— Ginger Baker (@GingerBDrums) October 6, 2019