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Spirit Drummer Ed Cassidy Dies at 89
8 December 2012 10:35 AM, PST | The Hollywood Reporter | See recent The Hollywood Reporter news »
Ed Cassidy, the drummer who teamed with his stepson, guitarist Randy California, to lead the eclectic 1960s Los Angeles rock group Spirit, has died. He was 89. Cassidy died Thursday of cancer at an assisted living home in San Jose, Calif., according to reports. Born in Chicago on May 4, 1923, Cassidy was considerably older than his bandmates. When their first album, the Lou Adler-produced Spirit, was released in January 1968, he was 28 years older than the 16-year-old California. Cassidy, who came from a jazz background, could have been the world's oldest surviving rocker. He
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