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Country music legend Waylon Jennings,
                                                                                                     known for defining the "outlaw  move­
                                                                         Pop artist Fatboy Slim      ment, died at age 64 after a long battle
                                                                         dominated the MTV Video     with diabetes-related  health problems.
                        The success of the bluegrass soundtrack to the   Music Awards, taking six of   Formerly Buddy Holly's bassist, Jennings
                        Cohen  Brothers' movie "O Brother Where Art      the 21  awards,  including   recorded 60 albums,  had  16  No.  1  coun­
                        Thou" led to Album of the Year and Single of the   Best Video Direction, for   try singles, and yes,  he was the narrator
                        Year awards (for "I am a Man of Constant Sorrow")   "Weapon of Choice,"      and theme song vocalist on the TV series
                        at the 35th Annual Country Music Awards.         directed  by Spike Jonze.   "The Dukes of Hazard."

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                        Fans and colleagues were
                        shocked  by the sudden
                                                                                              Michael Jackson's 30th
                        death of 22-year-old
                                                                                                   Anniversary Cele­
                        singer/actress Aaliyah, who
                                                                                                   bration,  "The Solo
                        was killed when the small
                                                                                                 Years," at New York
                        plane carrying the per­
                                                                                               City's Madison Square
                        former and eight others
                                                                                                 Carden,  marked the
                        crashed  in the Bahamas.
                                                                                               King of Pop's first U.S.
                        Spencer Platt/Getty  Images   l'                                         concert in  11  years.
                                                                                                 Jackson was named
                                                                                                    Performer of the
                                                                                                  Century during the
                                                                                              29th Annual American
                                                                                                      Music Awards.


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                                                                                                                        Internet music service
                                                                                                                        Napster is up and rum
                                                                                                                        again,  but this time as
                                                                                                                        a subscription-based s
                                                                                                                        vice that will allow Na
                                                                                                                        ster to make royalty
                                                                                                                        payments to those mu
                                                                                                                        cians whose music is
                                                                                                                        traded.
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