Joey Molland, the last living member of Badfinger and longtime resident of Minnesota, died on March 1, the band announced on social media. Molland was 77. Molland was part of the band's best-known lineup, which also featured guitarist Pete Ham, drummer Mike Gibbins, and bassist Tom Evans.

Joey Molland, a guitarist with the Welsh pop-rock band Badfinger that was known for such 1970s hits as “No Matter What” and “Day After Day,” has died at age 77.

He was British by birth, a Minnesotan by choice, and the Land of 10,000 Bands connection to the Beatles. Joey Molland, the last surviving members of the hitmaking British band Badfinger who lived in Minnesota for 40 years,