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Walker died Saturday of liver cancer, his personal assistant, Polly Klemmer, told The Associated Press. He had continued to work until just a few weeks ago, making his last concert appearance in Los Angeles in March, Klemmer said Sunday.

He had his greatest success as the guitarist and vocalist for the Walker Brothers, which produced such 1960s hits as "The Sun Ain't Gonna Shine Anymore," "Love Her," "Make it Easy on Yourself" and "My Ship Is Comin' In."

While the Beatles and other British groups were remaking the face of rock `n' roll during the so-called British invasion of America in the mid-1960s, Walker moved from the United States to England instead.

There, he and two other Americans, bassist Scott Engel and drummer Gary Leeds, called themselves the Walker Brothers and each adopted Walker as his surname, although they were not related. They had instant success with their first British record,37361,41641,37629,84933,65392,62003,25655,99970,81122,52854,68556,28910,24438,53249,44900,35245,89308,11765,98711,25232,84105,15770,34163,32571,22307,12395,81016,20382,12967,80901,64210,76389,32943,27708,98040,54933,86559,40405,71988,65795,52874,93184,30375,86358,67315,79858,88404,71074,65047,92942,12348,45028,52187,12042,20194,97953,61666,57957,67555,14897,64940,79040,96900,95739,91018,38564,40501,90438,72633,65541,36597,95051,66368,58151,73898,48127,44259,45218,25895,39471,12005,96015,43285,49339,28680,58328,48560,57210,58121,28565,28644,66607,83330,50363,69054,10239,30294,47522,23936,93416,46436,96319,41818,67835,21795,30117,76687,46511,19525,52449,38127,62187,58418,48254,85591,57537,72677,44732,22013,32573,52322,49735,48044,88779,73464,97885,75855,16410,15283,83318,24495,29358,60723,97585,41053,96882,59333,94594,55840,31889,92486,41601,61682,84991,66463,25851,18805,65125,30789,70881,97813,91994,19176,20778,96204,17520,79680,24408,92111,18514,55186,39072,28747,35582,13808,82363,70133,29322,40250,67619,66342,78017,79062,22092,80729,17110,96289,82412,28779,62409,80644,33765,80322,45742,92896,77821,41313,70147,61267,53822,49407,15008,58195,97869,43296,44658,64582,12639,32970,87564,11657,12258,30858,18624,22411,38600,29219,32797,15322,10795,64222,36127,76335,13150,23499,80712,63198,24555,94683,36236,79927,74424,67220,84363,25412,85993,31506,78103,50137,31579,70294,88993,26968,65791,31470,74291,20272,25224,12748,68762,72424,24112,93394,31312,13329,42920,70909,77069,86845,76453,48142,24985,34647,49554,36454,92325,61955,55840,52839,66026,42083,55930,90518,66734,48129,85235,88686,60120,19125,96140,56943,22725,61087,49337,29156,16363,23041,32159,55118,21051,66134,53078,52216,96606,73522,13237,69092,12041,47568,25300,84988,78968,23020,80064,28642,54415,36533,13105,43100,80694,48777,35171,18634,55102,81510,30794,97047,39395,12650,63561,77080,63976,32456,41508,60979,95492,95702,86804,32899,42375,27440,57277,39664,19918,46006,99003,35983,13055,43597,21637,25299,61835,91708,69382,90035,57536,97210,85299,89819,37253,61125,19469,92106,36347,85294,91775,57857,23240,75760,33686,61959,76382,91950,80196,49489,29675,79626,62573,30241,90296,38014,18527,27772,48134,67499,69851,25940,78834,89927,91951,82205,72274,12518,82422,52387,45909,52304,31680,19196,81363,52419,28544,55619,65848,47727,95068,97546,11181,26793,73285,73396,51408,76506,45420,68607,63906,12534,39822,39061,12569,72321,83745,62138,50442,72994,54655,67424,33738,35598,89415,97640,43363,99962,13492,34297,50497,43828,93266,11268,65033,98597,75104,73885,50443,43978,69939,41085,62924,25379,63243,76548,71171,44210,76914,17516,37850,43678,42509,42956,78081,81432,87219,95199,90085,48312,98007,15385,59056,50630,13596,46649,26472,67763,85826,16823,65794,92330,53459,31718,55690,57174,26669,68023,15094,44805,97713,65119,16112,43890,46946,82913,60523,94657,94938,84840,57983,60082,80922,12321,54576,43560,47487,20229,87438,25459,16433,20948,84742,50668,63773,75716,97941,90938,88995,22461,51422,43554,11591,54587,60802