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My dad was vehemently opposed to electric guitars. He did not look on that kind of music as legitimate in any way

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Dan Fogelberg
Age: 56 †
Born: 1951
Born: August 13
Died: 2007
Died: December 17
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Peoria
Illinois
Daniel Grayling Fogelberg
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