Christine McVie, longtime member of the band Fleetwood Mac and the woman behind some of the band’s biggest hits, died Wednesday after a brief illness, according to her family. She was 79.
One statement posted to Facebook On behalf of her family, we want everyone to hold Christine in their hearts and remember the life of an extraordinary human being, a respected musician loved by the world.
As a singer-songwriter, McVie wrote some of the band’s biggest hits, including “Over My Head,” “Don’t Stop” and “You Make Loving Fun.” Fleetwood Mac also released a statement on Twitter, saying:
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She was born Christine Perfect, and married Fleetwood bassist Mac . John McVie in 1968, two years before she joined the group (they divorced in 1976). McVie left the band in 1998 and returned in 2014, just in time Turn on with the program tour.
