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Lasse Wellander, Longtime ABBA Guitarist, Dies at 70

‘INDESCRIBABLE SADNESS’

Wellander played on seven of the group’s nine studio albums, including 2021’s “Voyage,” ABBA’s first collection of new music in four decades.

Lasse Wellander of ABBA.
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Lasse Wellander, the soft-spoken musician who played guitar on many of ABBA’s most well-known tracks, toured with the Swedish supergroup for years, and helped create the Mamma Mia! soundtrack, died Friday, according to his family.

“It is with indescribable sadness that we have to announce that our beloved Lasse has fallen...

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