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Larry Knechtel, a member of the 1970s soft-rock group Bread who had a wide-ranging career as a studio musician, died Thursday in Yakima, Wash., of an apparent heart attack. He was 69.
Knechtel played keyboards, bass guitar and harmonica as a member of the Wrecking Crew, a widely successful group of Los Angeles studio musicians.
Knechtel played with Elvis Presley, the Beach Boys, the Byrds, the Mamas and the Papas and many others.
