Fellow funk legend George Clinton added : `` We are # thankfulfor friend Claude Nobs . Nile Rodgers , the founder of Claude Nobs , dies after skiing accident . Nobs , who had been in a coma after a fall , died in hospital in Lausanne media . Nobs co-founded jazz festival in small Swiss town in a fall . Tributes pour in from Chic star Claude Nobs , George Clinton and Queen guitarist Brian May .
Nile Rodgers , the founder of Claude Nobs , dies after skiing accident . Nobs , who had been in a coma after a fall , died in hospital in Lausanne media . Nobs co-founded jazz festival in small Swiss town in a fall . Tributes pour in from Chic star Claude Nobs , George Clinton and Queen guitarist Brian May .