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Influential Folk Guitarist Bert Jansch Dead at 67

Posted 10-5-11 by

Bert Jansch, one of the most influential figures in the British folk and rock scene, died early on Wednesday morning, October 5, in London after a long battle with cancer. Jansch, one of the original founders of Pentangle, inspired a wide range of artists over the last fifty years, from Paul Simon to Led Zeppelin to Laura Marling. He was 67.

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