Vic Flick, who has died aged 87, was a guitarist whose moment in the spotlight came when he performed the celebrated James Bond guitar riff; but there were many more credits over a long career, and ...

Vic Flick, the session musician known for playing the famed guitar riff in the James Bond theme tune, has died. He was 87.

Vic Flick, a prolific session guitarist who helped give the James Bond franchise its signature sound, playing the hard-driving guitar riff in the 007 theme, died Nov. 14 at a nursing home in Los ...

(SOUNDBITE OF MONTY NORMAN AND JOHN BARRY'S "DR. NO - JAMES BOND THEME") CHANG: That twangy surf rock guitar floating over the orchestra - well, that is the work of Vic Flick. He died last week at ...

The British session musician died last Thursday from Alzheimer’s disease, his family announced.

The musician best known for recording the surf-rock-inspired guitar in the James Bond theme has died. Vic Flick was 87 years old.

(SOUNDBITE OF MONTY NORMAN AND JOHN BARRY'S "DR. NO - JAMES BOND THEME") CHANG: That twangy surf rock guitar floating over the orchestra - well, that is the work of Vic Flick. He died last week at the ...