Danny Federici of the E Street Band has died

Danny Federici, the longtime keyboard player for Bruce Springsteen, whose work helped define the E Street Band's sound on hits from Hungry Heart to The Rising, died Thursday. He was 58.

Federici, who had battled melanoma for three years, died at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center in New York. News of his death was posted late Thursday on Springsteen's official website.
New York Times obit HERE