Heavy metal icon Ian ‘Lemmy’ Kilmister dies at 70

“There is no easy way to say this… our mighty, noble friend Lemmy passed away today after a short battle with an extremely aggressive cancer,” the band said on their official Facebook page.

“He had learnt of the disease on December 26th, and was at home, sitting in front of his favourite video game from The Rainbow… with his family.

“We cannot begin to express our shock and sadness, there aren’t words.”