English guitarist and songwriter Mick Ralphs, co-founder of supergroup Bad Company, UK, 12th November 1974. (Photo by Victor Blackman/Daily Express/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Mick Ralphs, the found guitarist of Mott The Hoople and Bad Company, has died. His family issued a statement confirming the news. The cause of the rock musician’s death has not been disclosed, but in 2016 he suffered a severe stroke. He was 81.