The 400 seat Jim Marshall Auditorium at The Stables Theatre, Wavendon, Milton Keynes is named after him, and celebrates his friendship with Sir John Dankworth and Dame Cleo Laine, the theatre's founders. Death, legacy and tribute Jim Marshall died on 5 April 2012, at a hospice in Milton Keynes. He was 88 years old. Musicians including Paul McCartney, Slash, Dave Mustaine, and Nikki Sixx paid tribute. Marshall has been cited, along with Leo Fender, Les Paul and Seth Lover, as one of the four forefathers of rock music equipment. The Download Festival named their main stage for him at the 2012 festival. Every year on 5 April guitarists from all over the world post videos containing 1 minute of feedback, instead of 1 minute of silence, as a tribute. On 6 April 2013 musicians and music lovers held a tribute music festival in Hanwell, West London, the town where Jim Marshall sold his first amplifier. A plaque was unveiled near the site. References External links Jim Marshall Interview for NAMM Oral History Program (2002) British businesspeople English audio engineers English drummers British male drummers Officers of the Order of the British Empire 1923 births 2012 deaths People from Acton, London