US singer-songwriter Willy DeVille dies aged 58

PARIS — US singer songwriter Willy DeVille, who headed the 1970s New York punk group Mink DeVille before going solo and taking new directions, has died at the age of 55*, his French tour organiser said Friday."Willy DeVille this night joined Edith Piaf, Jack Nitzsche and Johnny Thunders", said Caramba Spectacles, referring respectively to the French star who inspired him, to his producer, and to a fellow-70s punk guitarist.His wife had announced in June that DeVille had pancreatic cancer....

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