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Gap Band member Anthony Walker - who also went by the nickname Baby Gap - has died at the age of 60.
His younger brother Dr Eric Walker told TMZ on Tuesday that the star passed away at an Ohio hospital last Monday.
The artist had been enduring complications from a neck surgery he was undergoing and died as a result of it.
Anthony had worked for years as a break dancer, starting in the 1970s, and his routines likely had taken a toll on his body.
His sibling told the site that Walker would be 'celebrated' in his hometown of Chicago later this week.
Gap Band member Anthony Walker - who also went by the nickname Baby Gap - has died at the age of 60. His younger brother Dr Eric Walker told TMZ on Tuesday that the star passed away at an Ohio hospital last Monday; seen in 1982
The artist had been enduring complications from a neck surgery he was undergoing and died as a result of it
Anthony was with the band for a long time: a stunning 23 years.
The band formed in 1967 but Anthony joined in 1979.
Her served as a songwriter as well as a dancer and choreographer.
The Gap Band was a Tulsa, Oklahoma soul/funk group which was fronted by three Wilson brothers: Charles, Ronnie and Robert. The band was named after an intersection; Greenwood, Archer, and Pine streets in the Greenwood neighborhood in Tulsa, Oklahoma.
Anthony also collaborated with music legends Rick James and
