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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsSinger/songwriter Alan Merrill of the Arrows ("I Love Rock and Roll") dies of COVID-19
https://thehill.com/blogs/in-the-know/in-the-know/490101-alan-merrill-songwriter-behind-i-love-rock-n-roll-dies-at-69Alan Merrill, the former Arrows bandmate who co-wrote and sang "I Love Rock 'N' Roll," died on Sunday at age 69 from the coronavirus, his daughter confirmed.
The Coronavirus took my father this morning. I was given 2 minutes to say my goodbyes before I was rushed out. He seemed peaceful and as I left there was still a glimmer of hope that he wouldnt be a ticker on the right hand side of the CNN/Fox news screen, his daughter, Laura Merrill, wrote in a Facebook post on Sunday.
I walked 50 blocks home still with hope in my heart. The city that I knew was empty. I felt I was the only person here and perhaps in many ways I was. By the time I got in the doors to my apartment I received the news that he was gone, she continued.
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According to Billboard, Merrill was the lead singer on the original version of "I Love Rock 'N' Roll and co-wrote the track. The song became a hit after it was picked up by Joan Jett & the Blackhearts and released by group in 1981.
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The Coronavirus took my father this morning. I was given 2 minutes to say my goodbyes before I was rushed out. He seemed peaceful and as I left there was still a glimmer of hope that he wouldnt be a ticker on the right hand side of the CNN/Fox news screen, his daughter, Laura Merrill, wrote in a Facebook post on Sunday.
I walked 50 blocks home still with hope in my heart. The city that I knew was empty. I felt I was the only person here and perhaps in many ways I was. By the time I got in the doors to my apartment I received the news that he was gone, she continued.
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According to Billboard, Merrill was the lead singer on the original version of "I Love Rock 'N' Roll and co-wrote the track. The song became a hit after it was picked up by Joan Jett & the Blackhearts and released by group in 1981.
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I_Love_Rock_%27n%27_Roll
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Singer/songwriter Alan Merrill of the Arrows ("I Love Rock and Roll") dies of COVID-19 (Original Post)
highplainsdem
Mar 2020
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In_The_Wind
(72,300 posts)1. May he rest in paradise.
crickets
(25,896 posts)2. .
mokawanis
(4,434 posts)3. ...
2naSalit
(86,048 posts)4. ...
Demovictory9
(32,320 posts)5. rip
Anon-C
(3,430 posts)6. ...
sueh
(1,818 posts)7. ...
smirkymonkey
(63,221 posts)8. So sad.
Progressive Jones
(6,011 posts)9. RIP