The Latest Breaking News from Christine McVie

The musician’s family confirmed her death, following a short illness, on Wednesday

LONDON: Christine McVie, whose songwriting and signature vocals helped make British-American group Fleetwood Mac one of the best-selling rock bands of all time, has died at the age of 79.

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The musician’s family confirmed her death, following a short illness, on Wednesday.

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Christine McVie, the singer, songwriter and keyboardist whose dreamily optimistic tunes for Fleetwood Mac — including such FM-radio staples as “Don’t Stop,” “Little Lies,” “Songbird,” “Everywhere” and “You Make Loving Fun” — helped make the band one of the most successful acts in music history, died Wednesday. She was 79.

Christine McVie married bass guitarist John McVie before she joined Fleetwood Mac in 1970, but the pair got divorced in 1976 in the middle of a tour and maintained a professional relationship