By Aiden Lambourne, Suggest | Wayne Proctor, a guitarist and songwriter best known for his role in the 1960s garage rock band We the People, died unexpectedly. His family confirmed his passing on Facebook, as did WORJ radio station. Proctor died on February 13, 2026. He was 78 years old.
Proctor’s wife, Valerie Proctor, wrote on Facebook that the couple went shopping and had lunch together on the day of his death. Later, while doing yard work, she discovered him collapsed on the ground, not breathing and with no pulse, she said in the post. Valerie said that in that moment, her “world ended.”
“Destroyed, shattered into a million tiny razor sharp shards. It wasn’t supposed to end this way, not today, not this soon.”
Friends, fans and fellow musicians took to social media to mourn the loss of the influential rocker. The station also wrote that those who knew Wayne loved Wayne and highlighting his contributions to the vibrant Florida music scene in the mid-1960s.
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