Hurts, Graham Coxon, Everything Everything Pay Tribute To Bert Jansch

Hurts, Graham Coxon and Everything Everything are among a number of musicians who have paid their respect to Bert Jansch.

The guitarist, who had been battling cancer, died in the early hours of this morning (October 5) at a hospice in Hampstead, north London, according to BBC News.

Graham Coxon Tweeted: "R.I.P dear Bert" and "A sad day",

Whilst, Hurts frontman Theo Hutchcraft also offered his condolences on his Twitter and quoted Jansch's lyrics from his track 'Needle Of Death': "RIP Bert Jansch. 'When sadness fills your heart, and sorrow hides the longing to be free, you fix your mind to escape your misery.'"

Everything Everything also posted: ''RIP Bert Jansch. Your work was frequently gorgeous."

Jansch was born in Glasgow in 1943 and founded Pentangle in 1967.

Pentagle - 'Travelling Song':