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, founding member of Derek and the Dominos whose soulful keyboard and vocals shaped the band’s only album, "Layla and Other Assorted Love Songs," and whose session work is heard on records by George Harrison,