(CNN) Rock legends Paul McCartney and Mick Jagger were just a few of the artists to pay tribute on social media to Cream drummer Ginger Baker, who died Sunday.

Jagger said Baker was "a fiery but extremely talented and innovative drummer" while McCartney called him a "wild and lovely guy" on Twitter.

Baker was 80 when he died in the England.

Other tributes to Baker came from Steven Van Zandt of Bruce Springsteen's E Street Band, and Flea, the bassist of the Red Hot Chili Peppers.

"Sad news hearing that Ginger Baker has died, I remember playing with him very early on in Alexis Korner's Blues Incorporated. He was a fiery but extremely talented and innovative drummer," Jagger tweeted

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