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Pete Shelley, Lead Singer of Buzzcocks, Dies at 63

R.I.P.

Shelley led the influential punk band, writing songs about teenage angst and love.

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Pete Shelley, the lead singer of the punk band Buzzcocks, died from a “suspected heart attack” at the age of 63, BBC News reports. The Buzzcocks’ management said Shelley died Thursday in Estonia, where he was living at the time.

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