Clarence Clemons, the burly saxophone player for Bruce Springsteen, died on Saturday, six days after suffering a stroke at his Florida home. He was 69.

“It is with overwhelming sadness that we inform our friends and fans that at 7:00 tonight, Saturday, June 18, our beloved friend and bandmate, Clarence Clemons passed away,” Springsteen said on his website, adding the cause was complications from Clemons’ stroke last Sunday.

Clemons, dubbed the “Big Man,” started working with Springsteen in 1971, and powered the noted Springsteen hits “Born to Run,” “Jungleland,” “Prove It All Night,” and “Badlands.”

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