associated_acts death_date death_place birth_place background birth_date instrument genre article_title name occupation
the , roxy music junco partners , the gas board , cook-a-hoop 16 april 2012 london , england manchester , lancashire , england non_vocal_instrumentalist 13 october 1943 guitar , bass glam rock , art rock , blues graham simpson -lrb- musician -rrb-
 graham simpson musician
graham simpson -lrb- musician -rrb-

graham simpson -lrb- 13 october 1943 -- 16 april 2012 -rrb- was a founding member and bassist of roxy music , and friend of bryan ferry .
on their eponymous first album -lrb- 1972 -rrb- , his bass notes made distinctive contributions to the tracks `` ladytron '' and `` chance meeting '' .
however , not long after the album was released , simpson , who was suffering from depression following the death of his mother from cancer , was given an open-ended choice to remain with or take a hiatus from the band by ferry .
simpson chose to leave the band and never returned to the line-up .
he used his band royalties to travel the world learning about different cultures and religions , particularly sufism , returning to london in 1982 .
he died in 2012 .
