Person    | Male  Born 21/8/1952  Died 22/12/2002

Joe Strummer

Categories: Music / songs

Countries: Scotland, Turkey

Co-founder and lead singer of The Clash. Born as John Graham Mellor in Turkey and raised in Scotland. "London Calling" is his. Died suddenly of a heart defect at his home in Somerset.

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Joe Strummer

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Joe Strummer squat

Joe Strummer, 1952 - 2002, musician, wordsmith, lived here, 1978 - 79. Seymou...

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Joe Strummer underpass

There is one of these signs at each entrance to this subway, where Strummer u...

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