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Joe Cocker’s Life in Photos

Iconic Rocker

The British rock and blues singer died at 70 on Monday. From his Woodstock performance to a candid moment with Rod Stewart, see striking pictures from his life.

William Boot

Published Dec. 22 2014 4:30PM EST

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galleries/2014/12/22/joe-cocker-s-life-in-photos/141222_cocker-obit_01_pem04j — British rock singer Joe Cocker in November 1969.

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galleries/2014/12/22/joe-cocker-s-life-in-photos/141222_cocker-obit_02_peozfs — Cocker at an unspecified date.

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galleries/2014/12/22/joe-cocker-s-life-in-photos/141222_cocker-obit_03_vazdf5 — Cocker circa 1970.

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galleries/2014/12/22/joe-cocker-s-life-in-photos/141222_cocker-obit_07_e88kcw — Cocker performs at the Woodstock Festival of Arts and Musik in Bethel, New York, in August 1969.
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galleries/2014/12/22/joe-cocker-s-life-in-photos/141222_cocker-obit_06_mcnivl — Cocker on stage in London in 1972.
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galleries/2014/12/22/joe-cocker-s-life-in-photos/141222_cocker-obit_04_y510xm — Cocker performing with the Grease band.
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galleries/2014/12/22/joe-cocker-s-life-in-photos/141222_cocker-obit_08_noildc — Rod Stewart and Cocker discuss a drink at a 1975 party for Bad Company at the Mayfair Theatre in Santa Monica, California.
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galleries/2014/12/22/joe-cocker-s-life-in-photos/141222_cocker-obit_05_o2jm9z — Carlos Santana and Cocker attend the Musicourt ’82 Benefit Concert on August 27, 1982, at Forest Hills Tennis Stadium in New York City.
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galleries/2014/12/22/joe-cocker-s-life-in-photos/141222_cocker-obit_09_nonrdl — Cocker posing circa 1982 in a yellow T-shirt and straw hat.

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galleries/2014/12/22/joe-cocker-s-life-in-photos/141222_cocker-obit_10_t1ru9w — Cocker shows off his Order of the British Empire award, presented to him by Prince Charles during a ceremony at Buckingham Palace.
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galleries/2014/12/22/joe-cocker-s-life-in-photos/141222_cocker-obit_11_rqmg69 — Cocker arrives for a performance at the Moon and Stars Festival on the Piazza Grande in Locarno, Switzerland, on July 12, 2011.

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