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Pete Brown, a British Beat poet who wrote the lyrics to songs by the rock supergroup Cream, including the hits “White Room,” “I Feel Free” and “Sunshine of Your Love,” and who after the band’s breakup collaborated for nearly five decades with Jack Bruce, its lead vocalist and bassist, died on Friday at his home in Hastings, on the southeast coast of England. He was 82.
Pete Brown, the British poet and singer who co-wrote some of Cream's most famous songs, including "White Room" and "Sunshine of Your Love," has died at the age of 82 after a battle with cancer. Brown started his artistic career as a Beat Poet in the late 1950s and worked with Cream drummer Ginger Baker before finding better chemistry with bassist Jack Bruce. Brown continued to contribute lyrics to Cream's next three albums, and both "Sunshine of Your Love" and "White Room" were later named to Rolling Stone's 500 Greatest Songs of All Time list.