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Midnight Oil Drummer and Songwriter Rob Hirst Has Died After a Battle with Pancreatic Cancer

Midnight Oil Drummer and Songwriter Rob Hirst Dead at 70

UK Singer/Songwriter Chris Rea, Best Known for His 1978 “Fool (If You Think It’s Over),” Dead at Age 74

Singer-Songwriter Chris Rea, Best Known for His 1978 “Fool (If You Think It’s Over),” Dead at 74

Founding Jethro Tull Lead Guitarist and Blodwyn Pig Frontman Mick Abrahams Has Died at Age 82

Founding Jethro Tull Lead Guitarist and Blodwyn Pig Frontman Mick Abrahams Has Died at 82

Reggae Legend Jimmy Cliff, Who Starred in the Influential 1970s Film ‘The Harder They Come,’ Dead at Age 81

Reggae Legend Jimmy Cliff Dead at 81—Starred in the Influential 1970s Film ‘The Harder They Come’

Longtime Squeeze and Jools Holland Drummer Gilson Lavis Dead at Age 74

Longtime Squeeze and Jools Holland Drummer Gilson Lavis Dead at 74

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