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Singer-songwriter Billy Preston dies

Keyboardist who played with Beatles, wrote numerous hits, had been in coma since November By Bob Christie

The Associated Press

Originally published June 6, 2006, 2:36 PM EDT

Billy Preston, the exuberant keyboardist who landed dream gigs with the Beatles and the Rolling Stones and enjoyed his own series of hit singles including "Outta Space" and "Nothing From Nothing," died Tuesday at 59.

Preston's longtime manager, Joyce Moore, said Preston had been in a coma since November in a care facility and was taken to a Scottsdale hospital Saturday after his condition deteriorated. "He had a very, very beautiful last few hours and a really beautiful passing,"

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