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Rock Around the Clock singer Bill Haley dies in Texas
Bill Haley, pioneer of rock n roll famed for Rock Around the Clock, died at 55 in Harlingen Texas of natural causes likely a heart attack. He lived reclusively after fading from fame, with authorities noting his private life, and his death announced by a Justice of the Peace. Haley’s career included Shake Rattle and Roll See You Later Alligator and Crazy Man Crazy, shaping early rock music before Elvis Presley seized the throne.
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