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RIP: Fats Domino

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“Well, I wouldn’t want to say that I started [rock & roll], but I don’t remember anyone else before me playing that kind of stuff.”
– Fats Domino

From NPR:

Fats Domino, one of the architects of rock ‘n’ roll, died yesterday at 89 years old at his daughter’s suburban New Orleans home. Haydee Ellis, a family friend, confirmed the news to NPR. Mark Bone, chief investigator for the Jefferson Parish Coroner’s office, tells NPR Domino died of natural causes. […]