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Charlie Watts Was the Beating Heart of the Rolling Stones

GIVE THE DRUMMER SOME
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The late drummer, who passed away at 80, was quiet and unassuming, and powered the Stones for six decades with impeccable taste and an unerring sense of swing.

You might know that the Rolling Stone who led the sanest, healthiest life would be the first to go. (Before you throw Brian Jones at me, need I remind you that technically he was no longer a Rolling Stone at the time of his untimely death?) But then life is...

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