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Robert Lockwood Jr., blues icon, dies at 91: Clevelander's career spanned seven decades.(Obituary)
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Akron Beacon Journal (Akron, OH)
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November 23, 2006
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Byline: Malcolm X Abram
Nov. 23--Robert Lockwood Jr., one of the few remaining authentic Delta Blues guitarists, who settled and became a beloved and respected icon in Cleveland, has died. Lockwood, 91, died Tuesday of respiratory failure at University Hospitals Case Medical Center, according to spokesman George Stamatis. He had been a patient since suffering a stroke Nov. 3. Lockwood was one of the few people on the planet who knew and learned guitar from blues icon Robert Johnson -- he was briefly involved with Lockwood's mother. But Johnson was only the first among many blues icons with whom Lockwood would cross paths. During his more than seven-decade career, ...
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