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Musician JJ Cale dies at age 74

Updated on: 28 July,2013 04:39 AM IST  | 
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Musician JJ Cale, whose songs Cocaine and After Midnight were made famous by Eric Clapton, died yesterday after suffering a heart attack at the age of 74.

Musician JJ Cale dies at age 74

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While his contemporaries considered him a legend, fans weren’t familiar with his name.

Lynyrd Skynyrd made Cale’s song Call Me The Breeze famous.


He won a Grammy for his 2006 album with Clapton, called The Road to Escondido.



Cale passed away at Scripps Memorial Hospital in Lau00a0Jolla, California.u00a0

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