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Zeppelin Drummer Found Dead

Mick Brown, The Guardian, 26 September 1980

JOHN BONHAM, the drummer with Led Zeppelin rock group, was found dead yesterday in bed at the house of the group's lead guitarist, Jimmy Page, in Windsor, Berkshire. Police said there was no suspicious circumstances. A post mortem examination will be held today.

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