I don't read my paper from cover to cover but I do always check the obits and another musician has passed away - Joe Mudele, a double-bass player:
"At his peak  Mudele was a regular on countless pop sessions ... and was part of the group of orchestral musicians that George Martin used regularly at EMI's Abbey Road Studios including the sessions that produced the Beatles' single Penny Lane and the Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band album" The Times (26/03/2014) p54