John Douglas Lord was born in Leicester, Leicestershire,
England, U.K. on June 9, 1941. He was an English composer, pianist, and Hammond
organ player known for his pioneering work in fusing rock with classical or baroque
forms, especially with the group Deep Purple, as well as Whitesnake, Paice
Ashton Lord, The Artwoods, and The Flower Pot Men. In 1968, Lord co-founded
Deep Purple, a hard rock band of which he was regarded as the leader until
1970. Together with the other members, he collaborated on most of his band's
most popular songs. He and drummer Ian Paice were the only continuous presence
in the band during the period from 1968 to 1976, and also from when it was
reestablished in 1984 until Lord's retirement from Deep Purple in 2002. On November
11, 2010, he was inducted as an Honorary Fellow of Stevenson College in
Edinburgh, Scotland. On July 15 2011, he was awarded an honorary Doctor of
Music degree at De Montfort Hall by the University of Leicester. In July 2011,
Lord was found to be suffering from pancreatic cancer. After treatment in both
England and in Israel, he died on 16 July 2012 at the London Clinic after
suffering from a pulmonary embolism. His interment was at the new churchyard of
Saint Mary the Virgin Church in Hambleden.
Lord was posthumously inducted into the Rock and Roll
Hall of Fame on April 8 2016 as a member of Deep Purple.
LORD, Jon (Jon Douglas Lord) [6/9/1941, Leicester,
Leicestershire, England, U.K. - 7/16/2012, London, England, U.K. (pancreatic
cancer)] – composer, singer, musician (keyboard), married to producer,
screenwriter Judith Feldman (1969-1981) father of Sara Lord, married to Vickie
Gibbs (19??-2012) father of Amy Cherrington Lord, member of the bands ‘Deep
Purple’, ‘Whitesnake’, ‘Paice Ashton Lord’, ‘The Artwoods’, ‘The Flower Pot
Men’, inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame [2016].
The Last Rebel -
1970
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