30.03.2020 20:39
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Alan Merrill
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The American musician Alan Merrill, author of the hit song “I Love Rock ‘n’ Roll”, died at the age of 69 after being infected with the novel corona virus.
Merrill died on Sunday in a New York hospital, his daughter said on Facebook. He was just working on a new album.
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Cover became a world hit
Merrill wrote “I Love Rock ‘n’ Roll” in 1975 as a member of the band Arrows.
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In 1982, the singer Joan Jett released a cover of the song that became a worldwide success.
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Jett now mourned Merrill via Twitter. “With great thanks and sadness, I wish him a safe journey on the other side.”
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– Joan Jett (@joanjett) March 29, 2020
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Musician Meat Loaf, in whose band Merrill had been a guitarist for a while, mourned the death of his former colleague. Merrill was a “great and very talented person,” he wrote on Facebook. “I’m very sad now.”
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