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Dead: John Stewart

Posted On: January 22th 2008
Posted By: Adam Coozer
Source: CNN
'Daydream Believer' writer John Stewart dead

LOS ANGELES, California (AP) -- John Stewart recorded some of pop music's most acclaimed solo albums, helping create a style that came to be called Americana, but he was always best known for writing the Monkees' enduring hit "Daydream Believer."

Stewart, who came to prominence in the 1960s as a member of folk music's Kingston Trio, died Saturday at a San Diego hospital after suffering a brain aneurism. He was 68.

"He was a lovely man and a very gentle soul and I guess the only thing you can say today is that the world is less one great songwriter," the Monkees' Micky Dolenz told The Associated Press on Sunday.

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Posted on: January 22th 2008. Posted by: EarthVsMatt
Oh my god, I thought this was Daily show john.
 
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