Curtis co-founded indie-rock band

OBITUARY • Benjamin Curtis, guitarist and co-founder of the popular indie-rock band School of Seven Bells, has died after a battle with cancer. He was 35.

Brady Brock with New Yorkbased GoldVE Entertainment, which co-manages the band, says Curtis died Dec. 29 of lymphoblastic lymphoma at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center in New York. Curtis was diagnosed just under a year ago.

Born Sept. 23, 1978 in Lawton, Okla., Curtis lived in Dallas, where he played in bands including Tripping Daisy and Secret Machines.

Brock says Secret Machines relocated to New York before Curtis went on to form School of Seven Bells with Alejandra de la Deheza. Funeral services had not been arranged as of Tuesday.

Dimitrios Kambouris/ Afp/getty Images for Levi’s Guitarist Benjamin Curtis died of cancer in New York City on Dec. 29. He was 35.