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Deep Purple keyboard player Jon Lord, dies aged 71


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Jon Lord, keyboardist, dies at 71; Donald J. Sobol, children's author, dies at 87; Barton Biggs, dot-com crash predictor, dies at 79; Richard B. Scudder, MediaNews Group co-founder, dies at 99.

Deep Purple rocker Jon Lord has lost his battle with cancer at the age of 71. The keyboard player was diagnosed with a tumor in his pancreas in 2011 and he headed to Israel in February to undergo

Born in Leicester, Lord learned classical piano at an early age before being seduced by watching early rock 'n' roll star Jerry Lee Lewis and jazz organist Jimmy Smith. He could have chosen a career as an actor after

Born in Leicester, Lord learned classical piano at an early age before being seduced by watching early rock 'n' roll star Jerry Lee Lewis and jazz organist Jimmy Smith. He could have chosen a career as an actor after

Jon Lord, surely the greatest keyboardist in the history of heavy metal, died yesterday in London of pancreatic cancer. He was 71.