Fleetwood Mac blues guitarist Peter Green dead at 73

In this file photo dated Saturday, April 7,2001, British rock and blues guitarist Peter Green, a founding member of Fleetwood Mac, backstage before performing with his own band, Peter Green's Splinter Group, at B.B. King Blues Club & Grill, in New York. Lawyers representing the family of Peter Green, say in a statement Saturday July 25,2020, that he has died, aged 73. Photo: AP

Peter Green, the dexterous blues guitarist who led the first incarnation of Fleetwood Mac in a career shortened by psychedelic drugs and mental illness, has died at 73.

A law firm representing his family, Swan Turton, announced the death in a statement Saturday (July 25). It said he died "peacefully in his sleep″ this weekend. A further statement will be issued in the coming days.