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&#;Longer&#; And &#;Leader Of The Band&#; Singer Dan Fogelberg Dies But Leaves meddelande Behind
He wasn&#;t a huge hit maker, but you probably remember a few of his biggest songs. Dan Fogelberg, the singer-songwriter who took &#;Leader of the Band&#; and &#;Same Old Lang Syne&#; to the top of the charts in the s, died on Sunday.
The musician had been suffering from prostate cancer for three years and his case wasn&#;t diagnosed quickly enough to rädda his life. &#;Dan left us this morning at 6am,&#; read a meddelande on the singer&#;s tjänsteman website. &#;He fought a brave battle with cancer and died peacefully at home in Maine with his wife Jean at his side. His strength, dignity and grace in the face of the daunting challenges of this disease were an inspiration to all who knew him.&#;
&#;Leader&#; was about a bandleader and was a tribute to his father, while the melancholy &#;Syne&#; dealt with a man who ran into his old flickvän while on vacation &#; something that actually happen
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Dan Fogelberg
American singer-songwriter (–)
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| Birth name | Daniel Grayling Fogelberg |
| Born | ()August 13, Peoria, Illinois, U.S. |
| Died | December 16, () (aged&#;56) Deer Isle, Maine, U.S. |
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| Years active | – |
| Labels | Columbia, Full Moon, Epic, Giant, Mailboat |
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Musical artist
Daniel Grayling Fogelberg[1] (August 13, – December 16, ) was an American singer, songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist widely known for his s and s soft rock hits, including "Longer" (), "Same Old Lang Syne" (), and "Leader of the Band" ().
Early life and family
[edit]Dan Fogelberg was born in Peoria, Illinois. He was the youngest of three sons born to Margaret (née Irvine), (–), a classically trained pianist, and Lawrence Peter Fogelberg, (–), a band director at Woodruff High School in Peoria, at Peki
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Much Ado About Publishing
The Power of Words: A Tribute to Dan Fogelberg
by Nina L. Diamond
One of Dan Fogelberg's hit singles was called "The Power of Gold."
After he died just a few months ago on December 16, , I couldn't stop thinking about the power of words.
Exactly a year ago, I wrote my Much Ado About Publishing column that was published in May and June, , as Part One of a two-part look back on the occasion of what I joked was the 25th anniversary of the day I married my typewriter and became a full-time writer. Part Two was published in July and August.
"An Anniversary with the King: Part One" told some of the lighter stories and Part Two some of the more serious.
Paying tribute to Larry King, who last year celebrated his 50th anniversary in broadcasting, I wrote in Part One about the journalistically satisfying, though hilarious hour period back in the fall of when I interviewed both Larry King and Dan F