{"id":413718,"date":"2026-02-08T00:14:07","date_gmt":"2026-02-08T00:14:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/413718\/"},"modified":"2026-02-08T00:14:07","modified_gmt":"2026-02-08T00:14:07","slug":"fred-smith-blondie-and-television-guitarist-dies-at-77-london-evening-standard","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/413718\/","title":{"rendered":"Fred Smith: Blondie and Television guitarist dies at 77 &#8211; London Evening Standard"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMisAFBVV95cUxOYlVuRlFFVXdwclhBTy02TkpBOWhBbklpSkFVZTNwLU1MRzNXVTBvN2tHbjlLM2dCSXA3ZFhmVEdBbmxVUU1mNFlEY0pfWDhfclNjUzJ1c183OURtSTV0QVhMT3ZkVXg4cXQxYndyYTVveTJjRGhvMVdGdFAtMXFyaGx5R2VVeGp3WlNyc01yUEszeU90NWhmMjRZSVROdndFUlNpbEQwd0RCbHV3cmtrTw?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Fred Smith: Blondie and Television guitarist dies at 77<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;London Evening Standard<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiigFBVV95cUxQaDNoN0JOQ1psQ25pQVU5TmVydXJMRVRySm1kR0U1S3JFc2phMklUZU5wTmZUbnNZRWlNWDVldDBOa0tDR3pVM3EtSDBqT2NDX1RQZ2JIVmNha0lxcHJsVnNaNEZUek9aMUw5SDVrWHA4UzE5QnREY2UwQ2plYk1DdW1wcmlyeWJ2OHc?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Fred Smith, Bassist for Television, Dies at 77<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;Variety<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiowFBVV95cUxPdHY3OUJHdlNMaFZOeXItN1JZNmFSeTUzYXdCZUVlTGJIa0FDRXhfcUlxa2hHSktYVXR5V0MwQTJQa3RJcWtfeVNvY2xya3ZNN3V3WHRnVTRHaGpqZGpPM0ROeWh3NkdscElobnNybF9rRW91VFZlX2VvZFM1a1A0VUl6djBRTndzYzNHUXJiU0tySjBSSjRVb1Noc2lEaDdxc1Nj?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Fred Smith, Bassist for Television, Dead at 77<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;Rolling Stone<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMi8AFBVV95cUxPdlBUZmZzaXhGS2FRZ08zakdrTVgzNUptTW9qOGV6d21VRUhyVlotTFNZTWZyTUMxblFRNUFuVEtoLUJVN1FVV0I1Y295SE15NnRpdzhyWGgxYS15eENReE5VTTB2d0RrWjBsMkduaGNEYWtRS2stckgzVnlfYW9GX2NreExWTWFBdTZlUEtkSjltQXU3aWxacE5GTHRfR042X09Wa1BMMkFCaDRzVDJFaWw1SEVlaFMteTFPb25nN09jT1lZR3FhaUx6bTV1VmMwN2RETEhkVWt4Rm5zUVdFNmlPTnhRYVY0NlNGQjZRN1k?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Tributes paid as Television and original Blondie bassist Fred Smith dies, age 77: &#8220;He was a natural \u2013 never flashy, always essential&#8221;<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;nme.com<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMinAFBVV95cUxQaHZyZDZSTExjYVJPSlI0SExROThzQl9FOHpsUVgxNU8yWVN1MWhhRldQeW9pNkowVS1wLW1tdGZLS0RpTFlxcXZVYXpaVDZhZDJfb0lwb1NzTkFtcm1wSUx3V1dXTFlGdmxNY0NmV3lLeWp5NlBrb3g5Y1dJS2U3eDlFRmQyYmZmNVRkWEIyN2tReTRXMmhMS0RVeUw?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Blondie bassist dies at 77 after illness as heartbroken bandmate pays tribute<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;The Sun<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Fred Smith: Blondie and Television guitarist dies at 77&nbsp;&nbsp;London Evening StandardFred Smith, Bassist for Television, Dies at 77&nbsp;&nbsp;VarietyFred&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":413719,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[50195,2989,50197,96,128,3133,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-413718","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-music","tag-blondie","tag-death","tag-debbie-harry","tag-entertainment","tag-music","tag-television","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/413718","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=413718"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/413718\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/413719"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=413718"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=413718"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=413718"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}