Booker T & the MG's guitarist Steve Cropper passed away on December 3, 2025, at the age of 84. The talented musician was a Rock & Roll Hall of Fame inductee who performed onstage with B.B. King , Otis Reddin g and more. His wife and four children have lost both a doting husband and father. He co-wrote the hit songs "(Sittin' On) The Dock of the Bay," "In the Midnight Hour," and "Green Onions." Learn more about the iconic guitarist below.

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Steve's love and family life

Steve had two wives and four children. In 1961, he married his first wife Betty, and the duo were married for 17 years until 1978. They welcomed two children, Stephen and Ashley Cropper. He married his second wife Angel Cropper only a few days before his first Blues Brothers tour in the late 1980s. T

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