# Richard Lloyd, Television’s Virtuoso Guitarist, Dead at 75

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/richard-lloyd-televisions-virtuoso-guitarist-dead-at-75/
- Published: 2026-11-07T16:28:15+00:00
- Updated: 2026-11-07T17:42:20+00:00
- Original publisher: Rolling Stone
- Original article: https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/richard-lloyd-television-guitarist-dead-obituary-1235614110/
- Topics: Health, Medicine

## Key points

- Television guitarist Richard Lloyd has died aged 75.
- His family said he died from bile duct cancer.
- His intricate playing helped define *Marquee Moon*.

## Summary

Richard Lloyd, Television’s co-founder and guitarist, has died aged 75 at his home in Chattanooga, Tennessee. His family said he died on Saturday morning from cholangiocarcinoma, a bile duct cancer diagnosed in March 2026. Lloyd helped shape punk’s sound with intricate, interlocking guitar parts, making his death a loss for a musician whose work extended beyond the genre’s usual loud, fast approach.

Lloyd and fellow guitarist Tom Verlaine, who died in 2023, anchored Television’s 1977 debut, *Marquee Moon*, with riffs influenced by jazz and art-rock. The band also released *Adventure* in 1978 and a self-titled album in 1992, after becoming a fixture at New York punk clubs including CBGB. Lloyd was born in Pittsburgh in 1951, moved to New York as a child and joined Television after returning to the city in 1973.

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