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Article: British rocker Gary Glitter continues fall from grace with latest child-sex allegations
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- November 26, 2005
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TINI TRAN, Associated Press Writer
AP Worldstream
11-26-2005
Dateline: VUNG TAU, Vietnam
On warm nights in this seaside resort, neighbors say the British foreigner would sing in his backyard _ sometimes for friends, sometimes alone, but always very loudly.
Once upon a time, Gary Glitter sang to millions as he pranced and strutted in his metallic jumpsuits as one of the shining stars during Britain's glam rock era in the 1970s.
But Glitter, 61, has fallen a long way since his days on top of the charts, dogged by rumors of his predilection for very young girls since his conviction in London in 1999 for possessing child pornography.
He is now sitting in a Vietnamese prison, amid allegations that ...