Editing Rick Laird (section)

==Death==
In early 2021, Laird's daughter announced that he had entered hospice care.<ref>{{cite web|title=I'm Rick Laird from the Mahavishnu Orchestra's daughter.|url=https://www.reddit.com/r/Jazz/comments/l6w8a7/im_rick_laird_from_the_mahavishnu_orchestras/|first=Sophie|last=Rose|publisher=Reddit|date=25 Jan 2021|access-date=12 October 2022}}</ref> Laird died of lung cancer in [[New City, New York|New City, Rockland County, New York]] on 4 July 2021, aged 80.<ref>{{cite web|title=Rick Laird, Bassist at the Forefront of Fusion, Dies at 80|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2021/07/20/arts/music/rick-laird-dead.html|work=The New York Times|last=Russonello|first=Giovanni|date=20 July 2021|accessdate=23 August 2021}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/mahavishnu-orchestra-bassist-rick-laird-has-died-aged-80-2986170|title=Mahavishnu Orchestra bassist Rick Laird has died, aged 80|website=NME|date=July 6, 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://musicfestnews.com/2021/07/rick-laird-bassist-for-mahavishnu-orchestra-dead-at-80/|title=Rick Laird, Bassist for Mahavishnu Orchestra, Dead at 80|first=Scott|last=Hopkins|date=5 July 2021|publisher=Music Fest News|access-date=23 August 2021}}</ref>