Jeff Beck, the influential guitarist who rose to rock and roll stardom with the 1960s supergroup the Yardbirds and later enjoyed a prolific solo career, has died, his official website said Wednesday. He was 78. A guitar virtuoso and innovator who was also one of the world's great rhythm and blues interpreters, Beck died "peacefully" after being stricken by illness. "On behalf of his family, it is with deep and ...