US singer-songwriter JJ Cale has died aged 74.
An announcement posted on his official website revealed that he had suffered a heart attack and passed away at Scripps Hospital in La Jolla, California, on Friday.
Oklahoma-born John Weldon Cale first became famous in 1970, when Eric Clapton covered his song 'After Midnight'.
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He is credited for helping create the Tulsa Sound and went on to record 14 studio albums and won a Grammy Award in 2008 for an album he recorded with Clapton.
Cale's songs were also covered by the likes of Lynyrd Skynyrd, Tom Petty and Randy Crawford.
