Bobby Whitlock, the keyboard player and vocalist who co-founded Derek and the Dominos with Eric Clapton and played on classic albums like George Harrison’s “All Things Must Pass,” died Sunday at age 77.

Bobby Whitlock, co-founder of Derek and the Dominos and a key contributor to George Harrison’s “All Things Must Pass,” has died at 77 after a brief battle with cancer.

Bobby Whitlock, the co-founder and keyboardist-singer for blues-rock band Derek and the Dominos and who contributed to the albums of such musicians as George Harrison, fellow co-founder Eric Clapton and the Rolling Stones,