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He died Saturday after battling multiple myeloma, a type of blood cancer, for more than a decade, the band said.

Davies and Hodgson formed Supertramp in 1969, and produced hits including 鈥淕oodbye Stranger,” 鈥淭he the Long Way Home,鈥� 鈥淭he Logical Song,” and 鈥淕ive a Little Bit.鈥�

The band’s 1979 album 鈥淏reakfast in America” topped charts in the United States and Canada, won two Grammys and sold over 18 million copies.

Davies’ 鈥渟oulful vocals and unmistakable touch on the Wurlitzer became the heartbeat of the bands鈥� sound,鈥� the statement said.

Born in Swindon, England in 1944, Davies had a passion for jazz, blues and rock and roll from a young age, the band said.

Hodgson left the band in 1983 and released solo albums. Supertramp disbanded in 1988, though Davies revived it in 1996. The group performed for the last time in Madrid in 2012.