Keith Emerson

Keith Noel Emerson (2 November 1944 – 10 March 2016) was an English keyboardist and composer. Emerson played in a number of bands before he found his first commercial success with P. P. Arnold's backing band the Nice in the late 1960s.
Emerson was born in Todmoreden, West Riding of Yorkshire. He was a founding member of Emerson, Lake &amp; Palmer (ELP) in 1970. Emerson, Lake &amp; Palmer were successful through much of the 1970s. They became one of the best-known progressive rock groups of the era.
Emerson committed suicide by shooting himself in the head at his Santa Monica, California home. He was aged 71.