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The Nerves‘ frontman and writer of Blondie’s 1978 hit ‘Hanging on the Telephone’, Jack Lee, has died aged 71.Lee’s passing was confirmed by his family and management in a statement shared with Pitchfork, saying he had been living with colon cancer for three years. “He never gave up on his music, to the very end. His guitar, right by his side,” Lee’s family wrote.
“He lived his songs. One by one they told the story of his life. Some dreams die.
His never will.”Born in Alaska in 1952, Lee would go on to form The Nerves in 1974 while living in San Francisco. The band consisted of bassist Peter Case, drummer Paul Collins and Lee singing and playing guitar.They released their four track self-titled EP in 1976 and headed down to Los Angeles where they would eventually break up a year later. ‘Hanging On The Telephone’, a song Lee wrote for The Nerves, would go on to become a massive hit for Blondie who recorded the track on their 1978 album ‘Parallel Lines’.Lee recalled hearing about Debbie Harry’s interest in the song in a 2007 interview with Mojo, sharing: “I remember the day vividly.
It was a Friday. They were going to cut off our electricity at six o’clock, the phone too.” He added that the song was so catchy, few could resist it. “Even people who hated me—and there were plenty—had to admit it was great,” he said.Lee would go on to write songs such as ‘Come Back And Stay’ which became a hit for the English musician Paul Young in 1983, and ‘You Are My Lover’, which Suzi Quatro recorded in 1979.Lee also released two solo albums after the breakup of The Nerves.
1981 saw his first LP titled ‘Jack Lee’s Greatest Hits, Vol. 1’ and 1985 saw the release of his self-titled album. Alive Records would go on to release ‘One Way
.A man dubbed Britain's "worst flasher" has been jailed again after admitting to outraging public decency.
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Twitter on Wednesday as they paid a heartfelt tribute to the 'unforgettable musician', with his death coming just two months after frontman Mark Stewart passed away. They wrote in a statement: 'An influential musician, and an integral member of the group, John contributed to some of the band’s most iconic recordings. 'His energy and friendship will be sorely missed, and his unforgettable musicianship will always be remembered.
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BBC News her agent Lionel Larner said she passed away after a brief illness.He added: “Glenda Jackson, two-time Academy Award-winning actress and politician, died peacefully at her home in Blackheath, London this morning after a brief illness with her family at her side.“She recently completed filming The Great Escaper in which she co-starred with Michael Caine.”Jackson became an international star in the 1970s, winning Academy Awards for the 1969 film Women In Love and 1973’s A Touch of Class.She also famously starred as Queen Elizabeth I in the BBC drama Elizabeth R from 1971.Jackson gave up acting to join the House of Commons as a Labour MP in north London from 1992 to 2015 before she later returned to acting, winning a Bafta for her comeback role in the TV drama Elizabeth Is Missing in 2020.This is a breaking news story, check back for further updates.
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Jack Lee, part of the influential Los Angeles band The Nerves in the 1970s and later a hit songwriter, died May 26 in Santa Monica, Calif. at age 71. He died after a long battle with colon cancer.
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