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If it has more than three chords, it's jazz.

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Lou Reed
Age: 69 †
Born: 1944
Born: March 2
Died: 2013
Died: October 27
Actor
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Brookdale Hospital
Lewis Allen Reed
Lewis Allan Reed
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