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Blues legend John Lee Hooker dies at 83

WAX2001062201 -22 JUNE 2001 - WASHINGTON, DC, USA: Blues legend John Lee Hooker shown here in this 1997 file photo, died yesterday June 21, 2001 in his sleep in San Fransico at the age of 83. cc/cc/Jim Ruymen UPI .

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