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Celebrating 27 October
Birthdays
1949 – Garry Tallent, bassist, E Street Band
1951 – K. K. Downing, guitarist, Judas Priest
1952 – Hazell Dean, singer
1953 – Peter Dodd, guitarist, Thompson Twins
1958 – Simon Le Bon, vocalist, Duran Duran
1978 – Sabrina Washington, singer, Mis-Teeq
1984 – Kelly Osbourne, singer
Died on this day
1980 – Steve Took, Tyrannosaurus Rex (born 1949)
2002 – Tom Dowd, engineer/producer (born 1925)
2013 – Lou Reed, guitarist, Velvet Underground (born 1942)
And on this day in...
1980 – Mark Chapman bought the gun with which he would kill John Lennon six weeks later
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