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Dave Clark Five singer dead at 64

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Published: Feb. 29, 2008 at 11:31 AM

LONDON, Feb. 29 (UPI) -- Mike Smith, who was to be inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame with his fellow Dave Clark Five members next month, has died of pneumonia in England.

The singer and keyboardist was 64 when he died this week at Stoke Mandeville Hospital in Buckinghamshire, his U.S. agent Margo Lewis told the BBC Friday.

Lewis said the pneumonia was a result of complications from a 2003 spinal cord injury that left Smith paralyzed from the waist down.

"I am incredibly saddened to lose him, his energy and his humor. But I am comforted by the fact that he had the chance to spend his final months and days at home with his loving wife, Charlie, whom he adored, instead of in the hospital, and that he was able to attend a recent concert in London by his good friend, Bruce Springsteen," Lewis said.

The Dave Clark Five, which is famous for its songs "Bits and Pieces" and "Glad All Over," is scheduled to be inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in New York March 10.

"I am glad that he will be remembered as a 'Hall of Famer,' because he was in so many ways," Lewis said.

Topics: Bruce Springsteen, Dave Clark, Mike Smith
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