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Singer Joe Cocker dies aged 70

Singer Joe Cocker dies aged 70
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The British singer Joe Cocker has did at the age of 70 after a battle with lung cancer. The singer song-writer recorded 40 albums in a career

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The British singer Joe Cocker has did at the age of 70 after a battle with lung cancer.

The singer song-writer recorded 40 albums in a career spanning more than four decades.

He was best known for his cover of the Beatles’ With A Little Help From My Friends which reached number one in 1968.

He also won a Grammy in 1983 for his duet of Up Where We Belong with Jennifer Warnes.

Cocker continued touring around the world until his late 60s.

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