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The singer had a long and differed profession in music, with bands in Japan, the UK and the United States.
The co-writer and original vocalist of I Love Rock ‘N’ Roll, Alan Merrill, has died after contracting coronavirus.
His daughter Laura shared the news, saying the 69- year-old had been healthy enough to play programs a few weeks earlier.
” He soft-pedaled the ‘cold’ he believed he had,” she wrote, prior to warning other families not to be contented.
” You do not think It’ll occur to you or your strong family. It has,” she wrote. “Stay home if not for you, for others. For my daddy. This thing is genuine.”
I Love Rock ‘N’ Roll became a global hit for Joan Jett in 1982 and has been covered by artists varying from Britney Spears to Weird Al Yankovic.
A parody version, I Love Sausage Rolls, was last year’s Christmas number one in the UK, with earnings going to charity.
Musicians hit by coronavirus
Coronavirus likewise claimed the life of country singer Joe Diffie over the weekend, while the family of Nashville legend John Prine said he was critically ill on a ventilator and being dealt with for Covid-19 symptoms.
Prine, an influential singer-songwriter who is understood for lyrical, melancholy folk songs like Hello In There and Angel From Montgomery, has actually formerly made it through cancer two times.
As news of his condition broke, musicians including Joan Baez, Bette Midler and Kacey Musgraves sent out the Grammy Award winner their love and support.
Alan Merrill, who was born Allan Preston Sachs in New Yor