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Celebrating 29 February
Birthdays
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1940 – Gretchen Christopher, singer, The Fleetwoods
1972 – Saul Williams, rapper
1976 – Ja Rule (Jeffrey Atkins), rapper
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Died on this day
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1996 – Wes Farrell, songwriter and record producer (born 1939)
2012 – Davy Jones, vocalist, The Monkees (born 1945)
2012 – Roland Bautista, guitarist, Earth, Wind and Fire (born 1951)
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And on this day in...
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1996 – Status Quo sued the BBC for not including their new single in the Radio 1 playlist
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