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The late singer-songwriter’s prolific output includes one of psychedelic rock’s greatest singles, a piano-driven dig at the Doors and a very funky Steely Dan-esque song

David Crosby knew his days were numbered at least several years before his death was reported Thursday.

David Crosby has died at 81

LOS ANGELES — David Crosby, who helped found two supergroups that broadened and deepened the reach of rock music, and who, with his outspoken political pronouncements and famously outsized appetites came to symbolize the Woodstock generation’s exuberance and excesses, has died, according to a source close to the musician.

The singer, songwriter and guitarist also co-founded ’60s folk-rockers The Byrds.

Singer-songwriter David Crosby — who played Woodstock and was a founding member of 1960s folk-rock bands the Byrds and Crosby, Stills and Nash — is being remembered as a "completely unique" figure in the music business.

‘His legacy will continue to live on through his legendary music’

The singer-songwriter was inducted to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame twice

Crosby died surrounded by his wife and son

His wife said that he died after a 'long illness'