BREAKING: Dan McCafferty has died aged 76, his former Nazareth bandmate Pete Agnew has confirmed.
Dan McCafferty has died aged 76, his former Nazareth bandmate Pete Agnew has confirmed.
Agnew had shared the news of McCafferty’s death on the band’s official Facebook page, telling fans: ‘Dan died at 12:40 today. McCafferty was born in Dunfermline, Scotland and became one of the founding members of Nazareth, touring with the band for 45 years and appearing on all of their albums until 2014.
He had previously told music magazine Classic Rock that his health issues were down to chronic obstructive pulmonary disease which had ‘worsened in recent years’.
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