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Article: Dave Van Ronk Dies at 65
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- February 11, 2002
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Dateline: NEW YORK
Dave Van Ronk, a New York-born guitarist and singer who was at the
forefront of the Greenwich Village folk boom, has died following treatment
for colon cancer. He was 65.
Van Ronk died Sunday of cardio-pulmonary failure at New York University
Medical Center, said Mitch Greenhill, his longtime manager. He was
diagnosed with cancer last fall.
A prolific musician who was nominated for a Grammy, Van Ronk offered
his home as a hangout for fellow musicians in the 1960s. Among them
was a young Bob Dylan.
"People were always stopping by," Greenhill said. "He (Van Ronk) was
one of the few guys who was working at a pretty high level who went ...