The news was announced onhis personal website.
A cause of death was not disclosed.
Fagen added, He was smart as a whip, an excellent guitarist and a great songwriter.
He was cynical about human nature, including his own, and hysterically funny.
Im not interested in a rock/jazz fusion, BeckertoldRolling Stonein a 1974 interview.
That kind of marriage has so far only come up with ponderous results.
We play rock n roll, but we swing when we play.
We want that ongoing flow, that lightness, that forward rush of jazz.
Steely Dan disbanded in 1981 and reunited in 1993.
Also soul music and Chicago blues.
Walter had a very rough childhood Ill spare you the details.
Luckily, he was smart as a whip, an excellent guitarist and a great songwriter.
He was cynical about human nature, including his own, and hysterically funny.
