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How They Died III
Of natural causes, prolonged illness or a heart attack, cancer or some other common, yet unfortunate way to go, non-substance or violence/accident related:
*bob wills (legendary "king of western swing", from texas, "bob wills & his texas playboys" from the '30's, '40's, '50's and '60's.../"san antonio rose", "faded love" and many others) (1975)
*bill monroe (legendary "father of blugrass", "bill monroe & the blue grass boys" from the '30's, '40's, '50's and '60's, the band included "lester flatt" and "earl scruggs", equally legendary bluegrass superstars/"blue moon of kentucky", "uncle pen" and many, many others...bill monroe influenced countless musicians, from bluegrass to country to rock) (1996)
johnny 'guitar' watson (legendary influential gtrst. sax man, he played gtr. w/his teeth and over his head before "jimi hendrix" did, he was the funkster inspiration for "sly stone" and "george clinton", "steve miller' covered watson's "the gangster of love"...he died on stage of a heart attack in japan) (1996)
lawrence welk (schmaltzy but extremely shrewd businessman/ orchestra leader, host of a nationally broadcast tv show from the '50's to the '70's, enormously popular with the older generation of americans, "...and a one, and a two..." he didn't learn to speak english till he was 21 though he was born in north dakota!) (1992)
bruce fairbairn (top notch record producer, he worked with "kiss" and "ac-dc" and "aerosmith" and "yes" out of vancouver, british columbia...his body was discovered in his home by "jon anderson" of "yes", as fairbairn was producing a new "yes" album at the time) (1999)
william powell (original member of "the o'jays"/"backstabbers", "love train", "for the love of money") (1977)
barney kessel (world reknowned studio session gtrst. in hollywood, worshipped by stars like "george harrison" and "pete townshend" and "phil spector" who kessel worked extensively with on spector's 'wall of sound" recordings, spector referred to kessel as a "true genius") (2004)
miles davis (legendary trumpet player/composer/band leader, possibly the most innovative of all jazz artists ever, miles was always dramatically changing his sound) (1991)
john coltrane (legendary jazz sax man/band leader, played with "miles davis" among others, hugely influential and innovative thruout the '50's and early '60's) (1967)
rob tyner (lead singer for legendary and incendiary detroit '60's and early '70's rockers "mc5"/"kick out the jams") (1991)
*doris kenner jackson (original member of "the shirelles", one of the 1st chick groups from late '50's and early '60's/"soldier boy", "dedicated to the one i love", "will you still love me tomorrow") (2000)
*micki harris (original member of "the shirelles" [see above] (1982)
*ray charles (SUPER legendary r & b, gospel, blues, jazz pianist/vocalist/"hit the road jack", "georgia on my mind", many, many others, he's been described as the father of soul music, "brother" ray charles was a GIANT in the industry) (2004)
otis blackwell (singer/tremendous songwriter/pianist, he wrote 3 of "elvis presley's" biggest hits: "don't be cruel", "all shook up", and "return to sender"...he also wrote "great balls of fire" for "jerry lee lewis") (2002)
bobby helms (singer from '50's and '60's, country/rocka billy star but his biggest hit was "jingle bell rock" in 1957) (1997)
mort shuman ("doc pumus's" musical partner, together mort and doc wrote a huge catalogue of hits for various artists in the "50's and '60's mostly, scroll up and see "doc pomus" under "natural causes") (1991)
henry mancini (legendary multiple academy award winning pianist/composer/soundtrack scorer: "the pink panther theme", "peter gunn theme", many, many others) (1994)
dave carter (folk singer/songwriter star, partner of "tracy grammer") (2002)
*john hammond (legendary music mogul [producer, critic, label A&R guy], he discovered "benny goodman", "count basie", "billie holiday", "bob dylan", "pete seeger" and "bruce springsteen"! john hammond personally effected enormous change in pop/rock music) (1987)
arthur "killer" kane (original bassist for glam/punk pioneers from the early '70's "the new york dolls"...4 "dolls" are now dead) (2004)
syreeta wright (ex-wife of motown superstar "stevie wonder", she co-wrote with him "signed sealed delivered" and also "if you really love me"...she also had a huge hit in the late '70's with "billy preston", "with you i'm born again") (2004)
philippe wynne (former lead singer with "the spinners"/"then came you", "rubberband man", "games people play") (1984)
*lavern baker (legendary r&b/pop/scat singer from '50's thru the '70's: "jim dandy"[covered by "black oak arkansas"] and "tweedlee dee" and others) (1997)
jerry goldsmith (multiple academy award and emmy winning film and tv composer/[films]:"the omen", "hoosiers", "poltergeist", "chinatown",[tv]: "the twilight zone", "perry mason", "gunsmoke" and many others) (2004)
mary ann ganser and marge ganser (twin sisters with "the shangri-las", girl group from the '60's/"remember walkin in the sand", "the leader of the pack", n.y.c. street chicks who were still in high school when they hit the big time, if for only a short time) (mary ann-1971)(marge-1996)
*rick danko (bass player for 'the band"/"the weight", "the nite they drove old dixie down", many, many others, rick sang lead vocals on "stage fright") (1999)
illinois jacquet (legendary tenor sax guy from the '40's thru the '80's, played with "lionel hampton" and "count basie" and others, created the "texas tenor" style of sax playing) (2004)
*rufus thomas (legendary memphis ambassador, early radio d.j. on WDIA, bluesman/entertainer & vaudeville guy beginning in the '30's... "stax" records performer [w/his daughter "carla"]/"walking the dog", "do the funky chicken") (2001)
lacy van zandt (patriarch of the famous "van zandt" southern rock family from jacksonville fla., lacy was the father of the late "ronnie van zandt" of "lynyrd skynard", also the father of "johnny["skynard"]" and "donnie"[".38 special"]van zandt...lacy was 89 yrs. old when he died) (2004)
w.c. handy ("father of the blues", handy was the 1st to recognize "blues" as real music in the early 1900's, and to actually write down the notes and the lyrics and present them to the rest of the world! he wrote "memphis blues" and "st. louis blues"...he was completely blind the final 15 yrs. of his life) (1958)
andy warhol (the father of "pop art" back in the '60's, producer and manager of "the velvet underground", coined the phrase "15 minutes of fame", world famous celebrity and hanger-on) (1987)
lowell fulson (legendary, but largely unknown blues man from '40's thru '90's, gtrst., songwriter, worked w/"ray charles", replaced "howlin wolf" in "texas alexander's" band, huge hits w/"reconsider baby", "3 o'clock blues", "tramp"[covered by "otis redding" and "carla thomas"] (1999)
rick james (crazed, over the top funkster from the '80's/"super freak", in the '60's he played w/"neil young" briefly in detroit, huge coke/crack head unfortunately) (2004)
albert collins ("the master of the telecaster", legendary blues gtrst. from texas/"frosty", "ice pickin", grammy nominee, actually worked construction for awhile, having given up on music in the '70's!) (1993)
bertrand odom ("james brown's" longtime bassist, "james brown" and odom played together for 40 yrs./"papa's got a brand new bag","i feel good", many many others) (2004)
bull moose jackson (r & b legend from '40's thru the '60's/"big ten inch record" [covered by "aerosmith"] (1989)
richard harris (world famous movie star from ireland, but it was harris who sang "jimmy webb's" "macarthur park" in '68, deemed one of the worst songs ever recorded by most accounts) (2002)
rob fisher (kybrds. for british '80's techno pop band "naked eyes"/"always something there to remind me") (1999)
vincent crane (original kybrdst. for "atomic rooster" ["death walks behind you"] and for "the crazy world of arthur brown" ["fire"] too) (1989)
peggy lee (real name: norma egstrom, legendary sultry songstress from '40's thru the '80's, "fever", "is that all there is?" [grammy winner for that song], she voiced disney films too and campaigned for artists' rights vs. the big record labels) (2001)
laura branigan ('80's singer, grammy nominee/"gloria" and "solitaire", she also added to soundtracks for "flashdance" and "ghostbusters") (2004)
magic sam (real name: samuel maghett, legendary chicago blues gtrst., destined for greatness but after spectacular set at the ann arbor blues fest. in '69, he died of a heart attack at the age of 32) (1969)
ed sullivan (host of the longest running variety show in tv history, EVERYBODY in pop and rock knew the huge importance of being on ed's show, from the '50's to the early '70's..."elvis" and "the beatles" were ed's guests multiple times, playing to massive national audiences) (1974)
carl wayne (lead singer for "the move", popular british band from the "60's that never caught on, unfortunately, in the u.s.a...."jeff lynne" of "e.l.o." joined "the move" after wayne had quit) (2004)
robert nighthawk (legendary slide/blues gtrst. from the '30's thru '60's, nighthawk was the 1st to pioneer slide blues gtr., huge influence on "elmore james" and "muddy waters", he played w/"robert johnson", "sonny boy williamson II" "son house" and other huge blues legends) (1967)
billy davis (song writer/ad man, he helped to write jingle "i'd like to buy the world a coke" in '71, also co-wrote hit for "jackie wilson", "lonely teardrops") (2004)
ernie ball (pioneer maker of guitar strings, which in the last 40 years were used by everyone to "the rolling stones" to "metallica" to "merle haggard" to "b.b.king") (2004)
fred ebb (lyricist who wrote lyrics to broadway smashes like "chicago", and "cabaret" and also wrote the words to "new york, new york" [huge hit for "frank sinatra"]) (2004)
kenny buttrey (top session nashville drummer, played on "neil young's" 'harvest" album in '72, "bob dylan's" 'blonde on blonde" album from "60's too...toured with "neil young" as well) (2004)
*johnny ramone (real name: john cummings, gtrst. for "the ramones"...3 of the original "ramones" are now dead) (2004)
skeeter davis (real name: mary francis penick, had a top 40 #i hit in '63 "the end of the world", though she was a country star and a regular on the "grand ole opry" radio show for 40+ years....she toured w/"elvis" and "the rolling stones" in the '60's) (2004)
scott muni (legendary new york disc jockey, known as "the professor" w/his encyclopedic knowledge of rock and roll, "top 40" jock during "beatlemania", went on to become a pioneer of fm "underground" rock radio in '67 at WNEW-fm....close friends w/"john lennon" and many other rock illuminaries) (2004)
*bruce palmer (bass player for "buffalo springfield", fellow canadien w/"neil young", it was bruce and neil who journeyed to l.a. in '65 to start a rock and roll band, they also played w/"rick james" in detroit '60's band "the mynah birds") (2004)
john peel (legendary british disc jockey for the BBC and also one of the industry's 1st "pirate" dj's back in the '60's, he discovered dozens of cutting edge bands, he was a huge supporter of "punk" rock in the '70's) (2004)
ronnie bond (drummer for "the troggs"/ "wild thing", "love is all around") (1992)
bert burns ( songwriter/record label founder ("bang records" from the '60's), burns co-wrote "twist and shout" for the "isley bros." and "hang on sloopy" for "the mccoys" and many others..."bang records" was the label for early "neil diamond", "the strangleoves" and "van morrison" hits) (1967)
bobby russell (songwriter, wrote huge "60's hits "honey" for "bobby goldsboro" and "little green apples" for "o.c.smith" and "the nite the lights went out in georgia" for his wife "vickie lawrence" (1992)
greg ridley (former "humble pie" ["30 days in the hole"] and "spooky tooth" bassist) (2003)
terry melcher (son of "doris day", famous hollywood producer in the '60's, w/"the byrds" and "paul revere & the raiders", was a member of "the rip chords"/"hey little cobra") (2004)
tiny tim (real name: herbert khaury/bizarre but loved ukelele player from the '60's, was married on the "johnny carson show" in '69/"tiptoe thru the tulips", he died shortly after performing that song on stage in minneapolis (1996)
lee dorsey ('60's pop singer/"workin in the coal mine", '66) (1986)
marty robbins (country star and stock car racer! "el paso" won him a grammy in '59, and it was the 1st country song to ever be awarded a grammy) (1982)
*sonny til (singer for "the orioles", music's legendary 1st r&b vocal group from the late '40's and '50's/"its too soon to know", "crying in the chapel", many many others) (1981)
*jacob carey (singer w/"the flamingos", doo wop group from late '50's/"i only have eyes for you" from '59) (1997)
jerry scoggins (the guy who sang "the ballad of jed clampett", the "beverly hillbillies" theme, and member of "the cass county boys") (2004)
johnny copeland (legendary blues gtrst./singer, "w.c. handy" & grammy award winner, worked w/"albert collins" and "robt. cray" too) (1997)
luther allison (legendary blues gtrst./singer, "w.c. handy" award winner, worked w/"magic sam" and "otis rush" & "freddie king") (1997)
gary usher (co-wrote "beach boys" hits "in my room" and "409", also produced "the byrds" at times, along with "the surfaris" and "chad & jeremy") (1990)
freddie perren (grammy award winning motown records producer for "the jackson 5", "gloria gaynor" and the "sat. nite fever" soundtrack, and other high profile projects as well) (2004)
bobby lakind (percussionist and former roadie for "the doobie bros.", he also worked w/"nicolette larson" & "michael mcdonald" [solo]) (1992)
marc moreland (gtrst. for "wall of voodoo"/"mexican radio") (2002)
joe nanini (drummer for "wall of voodoo"/"mexican radio") (2000)
hank garland (legendary country, rock & jazz nashville gtrst., in the studio and in concert, who played w/"elvis", "the everly bros.", "roy orbison", "conway twitty" and many, many others) (2004)
artie shaw (legendary swing/ big band leader/clarinetist from the '30's & '40's and early "50's, a contemporary of "glenn miller", "tommy dorsey,", "benny goodman" and others from that era..."billie holiday" was his lead singer (2004)
danny sugerman (former manager of "the doors", he 1st started working for the band at the age of 14 as a gopher! he also co-wrote the "doors" book "no one here gets out alive") (2005)
*spencer dryden ("jefferson airplane" drummer for all their big hits/"white rabbit", "somebody to love", "volunteers", many others, also "new riders of purple sage" drummer/"panama red") (2005)
jimmy griffin ("bread" co-founder, singer/songwriter: "i wanna make it with you", "guitar man", "baby i'm a want you", many others) (2005)
wes montgomery (legendary and highly influential jazz gtrst. from 50's and '60's) (1968)
"champion" jack dupree (legendary boogie/jazz pianist from new orleans from 1st 1/2 of the century, boxed professionally when he wasn't playing the piano, worked w/"professor longhair") (1992)
*jim capaldi ("traffic" drummer and lyricist, he co-wrote most of "traffic's" biggest hits w/"steve winwood"/"low spark of high heeled boys", many many others) (2005)
ray peterson (had a huge hit w/"tell laura i love her" in 1960, a teen tragedy tune, he also was an opening act for the "beach boys" in the '60's) (2005)
david lerchey (original member [baritone] of the "del vikings", 60's pop/r&b act/"come go with me", 2 white guys, 3 black guys, lechey was white) (2005)
clarence bassett jr. (singer w/"shep & the limelights", '60's doo-wop act/"daddy's home") (2005)
barbara cowsill (mother of everyone in "the cowsills", the family pop group from the '60's, brothers and sisters and mom all performed nationally and on tv shows too/"the rain, the park,etc...", "hair", others, "the cowsills" were the inspiration for the tv show "the partridge family"...) (1985)
dick james ("beatles" original music publisher/"northern songs", he also assembled "elton john & bernie taupin" together for another smash song writing team) (1986)
keith knudsen (drummer, 1 of 2, for "the doobie bros.", keith joined in '74, was around for all of the michael mcdonald era of the band) (2005)
tyrone davis (r&b singer, based in chicago, had 2 huge hits with "can i change my mind" and "turn back the hands of time" from the late '60's & early '70's) (2005)
murray "the k" kaufman (legendary new york city disc jockey from the late '50's & '60's, he dubbed himself the "5th beatle" becoz of his close relationship w/the fab 4 and he would organize rock concerts featuring the newest bands in the industry like "cream" and "the who" and many others) (1982)
hoagy carmichael (legendary american composer from early and mid 1900's, he also starred in early hollywood tv shows and movies, he wrote "stardust", "georgia on my mind" "up the lazy river" and many many others) (1981)
*paul ackerman (former "billboard" magazine editor for 3 decades, '43-'73, he witnessed the birth of rock and roll while running the industry's most influential publication) (1977)
*edward patten (one of "the pips", w/"gladys knight", "the pips" were all related to each other and to gladys/"midnite train to georgia", "you're the best thing that ever happened to me", many others) (2005)
blind lemon jefferson (one of the original legendary blues masters from texas, early 1900's, played often w/"t-bone walker" and "leadbelly" around street corners in dallas (1929)
thelonius monk (legendary jazz cpmposer/pianist, '50's thru 'early '80's, worked w/ "john coltrane", "charlie parker", "miles davis", many others...) (1982)
chris curtis (drummer for "the searchers"/"needles and pins", "love potion #9" , others) (2005)
danny joe brown (lead singer for "molly hatchet", original founding member/"gator country", "flirtin with disaster") (2005)
b.j wilson (drummer for "procol harum"/"whiter shade of pale", "conquistador", "salty dog") (1990)
martin denny (creator of "exotica"-type of music, south pacific island-flavored lounge-lizard sort of 'muzak') (2005)
*ma rainey (real name: gertrude pridgett, known as "the mother of the blues", from early 1900's, worked w/"bessie smith" and "louie armstrong", her band was "the rabitt foot minstrels" in the 1920's) (1939)
smiley lewis (new orleans r&b singer/songwriter from '50's and early '60's, "fats domino" had hits w/smiley's songs, so did "elvis"/"i hear you knockin"[covered by dave edmunds] (1966)
tiny bradshaw (jazz & r&b bandleader, singer, pianist, drummer from '30's thru '50's, he wrote "train kept a rollin" which "aerosmith" and "yardbirds" covered) (1958)
jackson spires (drummer/songwriter/original member of "blackfoot"/"highway song", "train, train") (2005)
neon park (real name: martin muller, artist who's work was seen on almost all the "little feat" albums, "frank zappa's" 'weasels ripped my flesh' and many others...magazines like "playboy" and "national lampoon" used his brilliant stuff too) (1993)
bobby short (beloved tuxedoed cabaret pianist from the carlyle hotel in n.y.c., for 35 years, he played for presidents at the white house too and appeared in hollywood films) (2005)
lyn collins (funky r&b singer, once was a part of "james brown's" stage show, brown nicknamed her "the female preacher") (2005)
*lawrence payton (original member of the legendary motown supergroup "the four tops"/"i can't help myself", "reach out, i'll be there", "baby i need your loving", many many more) (1997)
burl ives (legendary folk singer, author and academy award winning actor from '30's thru the '70's, "holly jolly x-mas" and many many others) (1995)
cab calloway (legendary african-amer. big band leader/jazz singer from'30's thru '50's/"minnie the moocher", appeared in hollywood movies, his orchestra featured at one time "dizzy gillespie") (1994)
marvin jenkins (pianist, composer, worked w/"barney kessel trio", and many years w/"della reese" too... played piano on "marvin gaye's" landmark '73 lp "what's goin on") (2005)
*johnnie johnson ("chuck berry's" piano player & co-composer of most of berry's biggest hits: "maybelline", "roll over beethoven", "no particular place to go", many many others...berry allegedly wrote "johnnie b. goode" for johnson) (2005)
john fred [gourrier] ("john fred & his playboy band", 1-hit wonders from '67/"judy in disguise", a goofy response to "the beatles" 'lucy in the the skies' from the same year) (2005)
bernard edwards (bassist for '70's r&b/funk band "chic"/"good times", "le freak", many others...edwards was also much in demand top notch recording producer, arranger & songwriter w/"nile rogers" too) (1996)
eric griffiths (original member of "the quarrymen", "john lennon's" band before "the beatles", it included "paul mccartney" and "george harrison" too, griffiths was fired from the band as a gtrst.when harrrison joined) (2005)
spike jones (real name: lindley armstrong jones, cutting-edge hugely influential musician/humorist/parody song master from the '30's thru the '50's, he had his own national radio show, guests included "groucho marx", "hank williams", "frank sinatra" burl ives" and many many others..."spike jones & the city slickers"/"all i want for x-mas is my 2 front teeth", "cocktails for 2" and many many others) (1965)
bing crosby (real name: harry lillis crosby, one of the most legendary & popular entertainers in history, from late '20's to mid '70's, movie star, tv and radio star, worked w/"fred astaire", "bob hope", many many others/"white x-mas", "swingin on a star","little drummer boy"[w."david bowie"], many many others) (1977)
ethel merman (real name: ethel agnes zimmerman, legendary powerful singer/vaudeville performer from late '20's to '70's, she was a long time "the 1st lady of the broadway stage" doing musicals/"there's no business like show business") (1984)
rick lewis (member of doo-wop band from late '50's "the silhouettes"/"get a job" was a huge hit in '58, "goofy doo-wop"-ers from late '60's "sha na na" took their name from vocalizations in "get a job") (2005)
jim pash (founding member and gtrst. for "the surfaris", legendary pioneering early '60's surf rock band from southern california ("wipeout", "surfer joe") (2005)
ron wilson (drummer who did world famous solos on surf rock classic "wipeout" by "the surfaris", '63) (1989)
arthur alexander (black r&b/country soul songwriter from alabama, "the beatles" [anna], "the rolling stones" [you better move on, alexander's biggest hit from early '60's] and many others covered his songs..."fame studios" in muscle shoals was where he worked most often) (1993)
mindy jostyn (violinist, gtrst. and harp player w/"john mellencamp's" touring band in mid '90's) (2005)
john cascella (keybrdst. for "john mellencamp's" band, died 1/2-way thru recording the "human wheels" album in '93, that album was dedicated to cascella) (1992)
*jimmie rodgers (generally regarded as the "father of country music" from early '20's and '30's/"t for texas") (1933)
thurl ravenscroft (voice of "tony the tiger" for "frosted flakes", "they're grrrrreat!", also he sang "you're a mean one mr. grinch" in "how the grinch stole x-mas") (2005)
mel blanc (legendary voice of cartoon superstars as "bugs bunny", "daffy duck", "porky pig", "foghorn leghorn", "sylvester pussycat" "woody woodpecker", "barney rubble" and many others) (1989)
everyone heroin ALMOST killed:
- *keith richards ("rolling stones") and anita pallenberg and marianne faithful (keith's and mick's groupies in the '60's)
- *brian jones ("rolling stones")
- *mick tayor("rolling stones" gtrst. after "brian jones" died)
- *james taylor (folk-pop singer/songwriter/"fire and rain", "country roads")
- *john lennon ("beatles")
- *jimi hendrix (ultimate guitar god)
- *eric clapton (guitar god, "john mayall's bluesbreakers", "yardbirds", "cream", "blind faith", "derek & dominoes")
- *ginger baker ("cream" drummer)
- *lou reed ("velvet underground" singer/songwriter/gtrst.)
- *david crosby ("crosby stills and nash")
- johnny winter (albino texas born blues/rock gtrst, brother of edgar)
- scott weiland (former "stone temple pilots" lead singer and full time addict)
- *aerosmith (the whole band apparently)
- perry farrell ("jane's addiction" front man)
- anthony keidis ("red hot chili peppers'" gtrst.)
- al "blind owl" wilson" (singer for "canned heat")
- bob "the bear" hite (singer & harp/"canned heat")
- rick james (funk performer/"superfreak", also played w/"neil young and the mynah birds" in the mid '60's)
- slash (ex-"guns & roses" gtrst.)
- steven adler (ex-"guns & roses" drummer )
- steve earle (country-rock singer/songwriter/"copperhead road")
- marc bolen ( he was "t. rex")
- skip spence ("moby grape" founder, drummer for "jefferson airplane" on their debut album)
- *john phillips ("mamas and papas" founder/singer/songwriter)
- *sly stone ("sly and the family stone" founder, real name: sylvester stewart..former radio dj in san fran.)
- billy idol (british punk rocker, formerly w/"generation x")
- nikki sixx ("motley crue's" bassist)
- tommy lee ("motley crue" drummer/pam anderson's ex)
- 3 dog night (the whole band, apparently)
- *jimmy page ("led zeppelin" founder/gtrst, top london session gtrst. in '60's. "yardbirds" too, after "jeff beck" left)
- john frusciante ("red hot chili peppers" gtrst.)
- mike ness ("social distortion" lead singer)
- dallas taylor ("csn&y" drummer)
- *ray charles (super legendary blind r&b, gospel, jazz, pop pianist/singer)
they rocked into heaven at the age of 27
- *jimi hendrix (see "barbituates") (1970)
- *janis joplin (see "heroin") (1970)
- *jim morrison (see "alcohol") (1971)
- *brian jones (see "drowning") (1969)
- kurt cobain (see "heroin") (1994)
- *robert johnson (see "poison") (1938)
- al "blind owl" wilson (see "heroin") (1970)
- gram parsons (see "barbituates") (1973)
- *ron "pigpen" mckernan (see "alcohol") (1973)
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