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  "id": 18748532,
  "title": "Richard Lloyd, Torrential Guitarist of Television, Has Died",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/07/richard-lloyd-torrential-guitarist-of-television-has-died",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-11-07T16:22:21.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "NYT Arts",
    "slug": "nyt-arts",
    "url": "https://www.nytimes.com/2026/11/07/arts/music/richard-lloyd-dead.html"
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  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "Richard Lloyd, co-founding guitarist of the band Television and an architect of post-punk, has died at the age of 75. According to Rolling Stone, he passed away Saturday morning at his home in Chattanooga, Tennessee, from cholangiocarcinoma, a serious form of bile duct cancer. Rolling Stone reports that his family announced his death following a diagnosis in March 2026. Consequence notes that Lloyd had previously revealed his diagnosis in August.\n\nLloyd was a central figure in the New York City punk scene of the 1970s, where he led a dual-guitar attack alongside Tom Verlaine. NYT Arts describes his work with Verlaine as bringing a fiery yet sophisticated art rock to the movement. Consequence describes his guitar style as injecting harmonic complexity and a thoughtful approach into the raw, aggressive string work of the era.\n\nOver a 50-year career, Lloyd released nine well-received solo albums. Consequence reports that he grew up in Pittsburgh before moving to New York and learned guitar as a teenager alongside Velvert Turner. Lloyd joined Television in 1973 with Tom Verlaine, Richard Hell, and Billy Ficca, before Fred Smith replaced Hell in 1975.",
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      {
        "outlet": "Rolling Stone",
        "title": "Richard Lloyd, Television’s Virtuoso Guitarist, Dead at 75",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/07/richard-lloyd-televisions-virtuoso-guitarist-dead-at-75",
        "published": "2026-11-07T16:28:15.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Consequence",
        "title": "Richard Lloyd, Television Guitarist, Dead at 75",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/07/richard-lloyd-television-guitarist-dead-at-75",
        "published": "2026-11-07T16:39:09.000Z"
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}