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Subject: Songwriter Otis Blackwell passed today
He wrote "Great Balls of Fire" (Jerry Lee Lewis), "Don't Be Cruel", "All Shook Up" and "Return to Sender" (Elvis), and "(You Give Me) Fever" for Peggy Lee.
He was 70 and had been suffering from affects of a stroke he suffered in 1991
http://abcnews.go.com/wire/Entertainment/reuters20020507_415.html
Subject: Re: Songwriter Otis Blackwell passed today
What a sad day. Seattle Slew, Otis Blackwell. We'll miss you. :'(
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He wrote "Great Balls of Fire" (Jerry Lee Lewis), "Don't Be Cruel", "All Shook Up" and "Return to Sender" (Elvis), and "(You Give Me) Fever" for Peggy Lee.
He was 70 and had been suffering from affects of a stroke he suffered in 1991
http://abcnews.go.com/wire/Entertainment/reuters20020507_415.html
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Subject: Re: Songwriter Otis Blackwell passed today
A truly, truly sad day. I offer my sympathy.
Quoting:
He wrote "Great Balls of Fire" (Jerry Lee Lewis), "Don't Be Cruel", "All Shook Up" and "Return to Sender" (Elvis), and "(You Give Me) Fever" for Peggy Lee.
He was 70 and had been suffering from affects of a stroke he suffered in 1991
http://abcnews.go.com/wire/Entertainment/reuters20020507_415.html
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