Perry Archangelo Bamonte, longtime guitarist and keyboardist for the influential goth band The Cure, has died. He was 65.

The band announced his death on their official website on Friday.

“It is with enormous sadness that we confirm the death of our great friend and bandmate Perry Bamonte, who passed away after a short illness at home over Christmas,” the band wrote.

“Quiet, intense, intuitive, constant and hugely creative, ‘Teddy’ was a warm hearted and vital part of The Cure story,” the statement continued. “Our thoughts and condolences are with all his family. He will be very greatly missed.”

Bamonte worked with the band in various roles from 1984 to 1989, including as a roadie and guitar tech. He officially joined the band in 1990, when keyboardist Roger O’Donnell quit. It was then that he became a full-time member of the group, playing guitar, six-string bass and keyboard.

Having joined just after the band’s mainstream breakthrough, 1989’s “Disintegration,” Bamonte is featured on a number of The Cure’s albums, including 1992’s “Wish” – which features the career-defining hits ″Friday I’m in Love″ and “High” – as well as the 1996’s “Wild Mood Swings,” 2000’s “Bloodflowers” and 2004’s self-titled release.

Bamonte was fired from The Cure by its singer and leader, Robert Smith, in 2005. At that point, he had performed at over 400 shows across 14 years. Bamonte rejoined the group in recent years, touring with the band in 2022 for another 90 gigs.

In 2019, Bamonte was inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame alongside the rest of The Cure. He joined The Cure on their North American tour in 2024 when the band reduced tickets to as low as $20 after pledging to make the shows affordable for fans following complaints about exorbitant fees.  Lead singer Robert Smith said at the time he was “sickened” by the Ticketmaster fee debacle. 

His last performance with the band was on Nov. 1, 2024 in London for a special one-off event to launch their latest album and first in 16 years, “Songs of a Lost World.” The concert was filmed for “The Cure: The Show of a Lost World,” a film released in cinemas globally this month. It is also available to purchase on Blu-ray and DVD.

Jack Black reflected on the time when he was not an actor and was pushing through one day at a time.

A Minecraft Movie star made an embarrassing confession about his life before coming in limelight.

Sitting down with his Anaconda co-star Paul Rudd on Rotten Tomatoes, they interviewed each other, where Paul asked him about if he had any jobs before acting.

“Oh my God, this is a shameful answer. I never had a job,” Black said.

Black then recalled one job that he briefly held: “I did one day of telemarketing and I didn’t make one sale, and I was like, ‘I can already tell my soul is being sucked.’ And I bailed, and I made a decision right then and there.”

“It was like, ‘It’s showbiz or bust. I’m going all in on acting or music, and if I can’t do it I’ll just live at my mom’s,’ ” he said. “I know that just sounds [weird]. I had no plan B, no backup.”

Anaconda stars Black and Rudd alongside Steve Zahn and Thandiwe Newton as a group of amateur filmmakers traveling to the Amazon jungle to reboot the original movie.

Jennifer Lopez and Ice Cube, who co-starred in the original 1997 movie, also made surprise cameos in the film.

Anaconda is now running in cinemas.

Cristiano Ronaldo scored twice to secure Al-Nassr’s record-breaking 10th consecutive win at Saudi Pro league victory.

The Saudi Arabian football club defeated Al Akhdoud by 3-0 on Saturday, December 27.

With this win, AL-Nassr braces for a perfect start of the season and positions itself as the four-point lead at the top of the table.

The Portuguese superstar opened the scoring just past the half-hour mark, arriving at the back post to tap in a headed assist from Angelo Gomes.

He doubled the lead on the stroke of halftime with a moment of pure instinct, deftly flicking a Marcelo Brozovic pass into the net with the side of his boot.

Ronaldo couldn’t make it to the hat-trick denying seventh Saudi Pro League in the second half by a tight offside call, but compatriot João Félix made sure of a dominant finish, adding a third goal in the closing hour.

With this victory, Al-Nassr sustained a historic streak and showcased a major step in Ronaldo’s quest for his first league title in Saudi Arabia since his blockbuster move in 2023.