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Bob Shane, founding member of Kingston Trio, dead at 85

| January 28, 2020 7:05 PM

NEW YORK (AP) — Bob Shane, the last surviving original member of the popular folk group the Kingston Trio and the lead singer on its million-selling ballad “Tom Dooley” and many other hits, has died.

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