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Pete Fornatale, a Pioneer Of FM Rock, Dies at 66
Pete Fornatale, disc jockey who helped usher in the era of FM rock radio, dies at age 66. Photo (M)0 NYT > Rock Music
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Adam Yauch, a Founder of the Beastie Boys, Dies at 47
Mr. Yauch, whose nom de rap was MCA, helped make the first hip-hop album to top the Billboard chart, and later became involved in championing freedom in Tibet. NYT > Rock Music
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Pete Fornatale, a Pioneer Of FM Rock, Dies at 66
Pete Fornatale, disc jockey who helped usher in the era of FM rock radio, dies at age 66. Photo (M)0 NYT > Rock Music
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Pete Fornatale, a Pioneer of FM Rock, Dies at 66
Mr. Fornatale was a free-form disc jockey when FM was coming of age in the 1960s. One of his signatures was playing songs that followed a theme. NYT > Rock Music
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Hillman Curtis, a Pioneer in Web Design, Dies at 51
Mr. Curtis, who called himself a serial self-reinventor, played in a rock band in the 1980s and early ’90s before teaching himself Web design and then moved on to film, his third career. NYT > Rock Music
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Levon Helm, Drummer and Singer, Dies at 71
Mr. Helm, whose drumming merged muscle, swing, economy and finesse, helped forge a deep-rooted American music as a linchpin of the Band. NYT > Rock Music
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Ronnie Montrose, Hard-Rock Guitarist, Dies at 64
In 1973, Mr. Montrose formed the band Montrose, whose first album was a sleeper success, eventually going platinum and becoming a minor landmark of heavy metal. NYT > Rock Music
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Billy Strange, ’60s Session Guitarist, Dies at 81
Mr. Strange recorded with Elvis Presley, Nat King Cole and the Beach Boys, wrote a No. 1 single for Chubby Checker and arranged Nancy Sinatra’s No. 1 pop hit “These Boots Are Made for Walkin’.” NYT > Rock Music
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Tom Ardolino, 56, Longtime Drummer for NRBQ, Dies
Mr. Ardolino had an unorthodox, loose-limbed style that mixed power and subtle musicality. NYT > Rock Music
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Barry Feinstein, Photographer of Defining Rock Portraits, Dies at 80
Mr. Feinstein’s images were the centerpieces of albums by Bob Dylan, Janis Joplin and George Harrison, among others. NYT > Rock Music
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