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Sadler Sentenced for 1978 Bellamy Killing
Barry Sadler, best known for The Ballad of the Green Berets, was sentenced to prison for the December 1978 shooting death of songwriter Lee Emerson Bellamy. Sadler pleaded guilty to a reduced charge of voluntary manslaughter to expedite resolution amid co-defendant facts.
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