Dick Dale, surf guitar king, dies at 81

By Chris Morris
Updated March 18 2019 - 10:03am, first published 9:58am
Surfing Guitarist Dick Dale has died at the age of 81.
Surfing Guitarist Dick Dale has died at the age of 81.

Dick Dale, the 'King of the Surf Guitar' who formulated the sound and attack of the Southern California-bred instrumental style in the early 1960s, has died. He was 81.