Stevie Nicks, Christine McVie and Mick Fleetwood of Fleetwood Mac. Christine McVie died Wednesday at age 79. Christine McVie’s death on Wednesday at the age of 79 shocked her many fans and her Fleetwood Mac bandmates as well. The keyboardist and composer died in a hospital after a short illness, and the announcement of her death inspired Stevie Nicks and Mick Fleetwood to post tributes to McVie, who wrote some of the band’s biggest hits, including “Don’t Stop,” “You Make Loving Fun” and “Little Lies.” In a tweet, Nicks honored her bandmate ― whom she described as her “best friend in the whole world since the first day of 1975” ― by posting the lyrics of “Hallelujah,” a song by Haim that is about mourning a “best friend” who has “been with me all along,” according to People. The singer also included a handwritten note in which she explained that she didn’t learn of McVie’s still-undisclosed illness until Saturday and<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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