FILE - This July 24, 2008 file photo shows English graphic designer Storm Thorgerson standing next to his album cover artwork for Pink Floyd's "The Dark Side of the Moon" during the opening of his exhibition 'Mind Over Matter: The Images of Pink Floyd' in London. Storm Thorgerson whose eye-catching Pink Floyd and Led Zeppelin album covers captured the spirit of 1970s psychedelia, has died. He was 69. In a statement, Thorgerson’s family said that he died Thursday April 18, 2013 and that “his ending was peaceful and he was surrounded by family and friends.” (AP Photo/PA, Yui Mok, File) UNITED KINGDOM OUT NO SALES NO ARCHIVE
April 18, 2013 - 1:29 PM
LONDON - English graphic designer Storm Thorgerson, whose eye-catching Pink Floyd and Led Zeppelin album covers captured the spirit of 1970s psychedelia, has died. He was 69.
Thorgerson's family said in a statement he died Thursday and that "his ending was peaceful and he was surrounded by family and friends."
The statement did not give further details of Thorgerson's cause or location of death but said that the artist, who had a stroke in 2003, had been ill for some time.
Thorgerson was survived by his mother Vanji, his son Bill, his wife Barbie Antonis, and her two children, Adam and Georgia.
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