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The Guardian // World // Europe

Clem Burke, Blondie’s drummer and ‘heartbeat’, dies aged 70

Monday 7th April 2025, 5:07PM

Debbie Harry and Chris Stein, founding members of the new wave hitmakers, pay tribute to their bandmate, who has died of cancerClem Burke, the drummer whose backbeats powered Blondie to huge chart success across multiple decades, has died aged 70.He died following what his bandmates Debbie Harry and Chris Stein called “a private battle with cancer”, in a tribute posted to Instagram. Continue reading...

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