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About
Rock guitarist and songwriter who Rolling Stone ranked 3rd on the list of "100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time" as a member of Led Zeppelin.
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Before Fame
He was raised by an industrial personnel manager father and a doctor's secretary mother, and found an abandoned guitar when his family moved into a house in Miles Road, Epsom.
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Trivia Fact
He was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1992 for playing with the Yardbirds and again in 1995 for playing with Led Zeppelin.
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Family Life:
He married Charlotte Martin on January 14, 1970, and then married Patricia Ecker in 1986, and finally married Jimena Gomez-Paratcha in April 1995.
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Associated With
Led Zeppelin broke up in the late '70s after their drummer, John Bonham, died from asphyxiation of vomit.