Mr. Clarence Grover “Pete” Brown, age 73, of Griffin, Georgia, passed away on Friday, June 7, 2024, at Westbury Medical Care in McDonough, Georgia. Pete was born on July 7, 1950, in Croften ...

NEW YORK − Songwriter and poet Pete Brown, who co-wrote “Sunshine of Your Love” and “White Room” for the short-lived rock supergroup Cream in the 1960s, has died. He was 82.

Poet Pete Brown, best known for writing lyrics for Cream, has died at age 82 following a cancer battle. The family of late Cream bassist Jack Bruce shared the news in a statement.

Pete Brown, the British poet and singer who helped co-write some of Cream ’s most enduring songs — including “White Room” and “Sunshine of Your Love” — has died at the age of 82.

Pete Brown in 2011. “I had been semi-destitute, a semi-bum, living on people’s floors and eventually I began to earn some money from songwriting, and the white room was the first place I moved ...