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Musicians Who Died in February 1979

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Sid Vicious (1957-1979)

Feb 2 English musician and bassist (Sex Pistols), dies of a heroin overdose at 21

Sid Vicious
  • Feb 7 Herbert "Peanuts" Holland, American swing jazz trumpeter, dies at 68
  • Feb 21 Ray Whitley, American country and western singer-songwriter ("Back in the Saddle Again") and actor (Tim Holt films), dies at 77


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