Chapter 01 — Today in music
On a day like today April 17
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1960
Eddie Cochran dies at 21 on an English road
Eddie Cochran died after a taxi crash in Wiltshire, England, at the end of his British tour. He was 21 and had already invented the teenage rock archetype with "Summertime Blues" and "C'mon Everybody". Gene Vincent survived the crash; rock and roll lost one of its most complete auteurs.
Eddie Cochran
1998
Linda McCartney dies, photographer, musician and partner of a lifetime
Linda McCartney died of cancer, the photographer who portrayed rock royalty before marrying Paul and joining Wings. She was an easy target for mockery over her keyboards, but her photographic eye and vegetarian activism left a mark of their own. She and Paul spent barely a night apart in 29 years.
Linda McCartney
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