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Lou Reed: Why no one wanted to write his obituary

Kate Mossman, New Statesman, 1 November 2013

MOST ROCK STARS are about 70 years old these days, so their departure is a constant possibility and music journalists are mentally prepared to trot out a few lines when the time comes, just hoping it doesn't arrive on a Sunday evening.

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