Recently Dead

Bo Diddley, the rock 'n' roll legend known for his rectangular homemade guitar and black hat, and whose songs, including "Who Do You Love?" and "Bo Diddley," are influential classics, died today of heart failure at home in Archer, Florida, after a long illness that included a stroke and an inability to speak. He was 79. The singer, whose shave-and-a-haircut beat has been called "the most plagiarized rhythm of the 20th century," was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, has a star on Hollywood's Walk of Fame, received a lifetime-achievement Grammy, and performed for two US presidents. But all of that "didn't put no figures in my checkbook." he said. "If you ain't got no money, ain't nobody calls you honey." Go, Bo Diddley. (Bloomberg)

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