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Keith Moon 1947-1978

Dave Marsh, Rolling Stone, 19 October 1978

LONDON, ENGLAND — Keith Moon died before he got old. The Who's spark-plug drummer, who turned thirty-one on August 23rd, was found dead in the bedroom of his Mayfair flat on September 7th by his fiancée, Annette Walter-Lax, a Swedish actress.

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