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Sid Didn't Kill Nancy

Thirty years after the death of Sex Pistols front man Sid Vicious, the band’s legendary manager, Malcolm McLaren, reflects on the punk god’s life—and why he was incapable of murder.

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Thirty years after the death of Sex Pistols front man Sid Vicious, a new documentary, Who Killed Nancy?, argues that Sid was not responsible for death of his girlfriend, Nancy Spungen.

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