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Jerry Jeff Walker, Texas singer and songwriter, dies at 78

by Ken Miller
| October 26, 2020 12:06 AM

Jerry Jeff Walker, a Texas country singer and songwriter who wrote the pop song “Mr. Bojangles,” has died at age 78.

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