Breaking: Lou Reed, Velvet Underground founder, dies at 71

loureed_wide-8d9e99e239295b0e7edb1f459890ebcf3c989941-s6-c30Lou Reed, rx founding member of the Velvet Underground  passed away today for reasons currently unknown. This is a developing story.

The cause of death is not yet know, here but Reed had a liver transplant in May 2013. Reed’s wife, viagra buy Laurie Anderson, discussed the surgery in an interview with The London Times:

“It’s as serious as it gets. He was dying. You don’t get it for fun,” Anderson explained. “I don’t think he’ll ever totally recover from this, but he’ll certainly be back to doing [things] in a few months. He’s already working and doing t’ai chi. I’m very happy. It’s a new life for him.”

Reed later issued a statement, in which he said, “I am a triumph of modern medicine, physics and chemistry. I am bigger and stronger than stronger than ever. My Chen Taiji and health regimen has served me well all of these years, thanks to Master Ren Guang-yi. I look forward to being on stage performing, and writing more songs to connect with your hearts and spirits and the universe well into the future.” – [Consequence of Sound]