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| US musician Phil Everly dies aged 74 | US musician Phil Everly dies aged 74 |
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| US musician Phil Everly, one half of the Everly Brothers, has died, aged 74, in California, his wife Patti says. | |
| Everly died in the Los Angeles suburb of Burbank of complications from lung disease, Patti told the Los Angeles Times. | |
| "We are absolutely heartbroken," she said, adding that the disease was the result of a lifetime of smoking. | "We are absolutely heartbroken," she said, adding that the disease was the result of a lifetime of smoking. |
| Phil Everly and his brother Don made up the Everly Brothers, one of the biggest pop acts of the 1950s and early 1960s. | Phil Everly and his brother Don made up the Everly Brothers, one of the biggest pop acts of the 1950s and early 1960s. |
| They had a string of close-harmony hits including Wake Up Little Suzie, Cathy's Clown, Bye Bye Love, and All I Have To Do Is Dream. | |
| Rolling Stone magazine calls them "the most important vocal duo in rock". | |
| The pair had an onstage breakup in 1973 that led to a decade-long estrangement, but Phil later told Time magazine the brothers' relationship had survived this. | |
| "Don and I are infamous for our split," Phil said, "but we're closer than most brothers." |