“Fletch had a true heart of gold,” the band said in a statement.
The band announced Fletcher’s death Thursday in a statement posted to social media.
A cause of death was not provided.
Depeche Mode’s Andy Fletcher.Ant Palmer/Getty Images
When they added singer Dave Gahan to the ensemble, they changed their name to Depeche Mode.
(Clarke would later leave the group, after their first album.)
The band and its members were also inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2020.
But bands like Kraftwerk or Depeche Mode actually work as divisions of labor collectives.
The contribution of each individual remains invisible.
And because I don’t push myself to the fore, many mistake me for the fifth wheel."
Fletcher is survived by his wife of nearly 30 years, Grainne Mullan, and two children.
