That has coincided with a drop in sales of current guitar music, sparking debate about the supposed "death of rock".

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His death robbed the rock world of a prolific talent.

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In the death zone between the rock shoals and the breakers, two grey seals float and turn, fishing, peering, wallowing like fat ladies in a spa pool.

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Dame Elizabeth, who died in March, was a prominent Aids campaigner and founded the American Foundation for Aids Research following the death of her close friend Rock Hudson in 1985.

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But despite her own suffering, Dame Elizabeth has had the energy to campaign for Aids research, becoming the celebrity face of the crusade against the disease after the death of her close friend Rock Hudson.

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Ever spend an afternoon blasting space rock with your wedge of death?

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On Sept. 3 a musician named Carter Albrecht, who was a member of the folk-rock group Edie Brickell and the New Bohemians, was shot to death in Dallas after a night of strange and uncharacteristically violent behavior.

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Daily Telegraph rock critic Neil McCormick said he was "utterly shocked" at her death.

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Later, imagining them in their death throes, taking pity on them, he would come back, move the rock.

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Memorabilia related to the King of Rock 'n' Roll continues to fetch high prices more than 30 years after his death at the age of 42.

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