Submitted by: kirkland on Monday November 13th, 2006 at 08:47 PM EST

The father of Rolling Stones singer Sir Mick Jagger has died of pneumonia, aged 93.

Joe Jagger was admitted to hospital in Surrey last week after a fall in his home, and died on Saturday night.

Sir Mick, who was in the US for the Stones' A Bigger Bang world tour, flew into Britain on Friday to spend time with his father.

He later flew back to Las Vegas, where he performed with the group, a spokesman for the singer said.

He added that the family would not be making any further comment at this stage and that arrangements would be made for a private funeral.

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