Richard Tandy, keyboard player and Jeff Lynne’s right-hand man in the Electric Light Orchestra – obituary

• Richard Tandy, who has died aged 76, was the keyboard player with Electric Light Orchestra, the band led by Jeff Lynne who fused rock and pop music with classical arrangements; a foil to Lynne, and his right-hand man in the studio, he played on every album save their 1971 debut, and was the only former member Lynne would call on for later iterations of the band.