The Magnetic Fields' LD Beghtol dies aged 55

LD Beghtol, musician, artist and writer who contributed to The Magnetic Fields' '69 Love Songs' has died at 55, MXMWN reports. LD has participated in various other musical collaborations with Stephin Merritt over the years like The Three Terrors, and he made his own music, too, as part of Flare, and LD & the New Criticism. LD also wrote about music for Time Out, chickfactor, The Advocate, and The Village Voice, and he also made the book '69 Love Songs: A Field Guide'.