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                         Roanoke Times
                 Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.

DATE: WEDNESDAY, March 10, 1993                   TAG: 9303100304
SECTION: VIRGINIA                    PAGE: C-2   EDITION: METRO 
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DATELINE: LA JOLLA, CALIF.                                LENGTH: Short

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BOB CROSBY DIES

Bob Crosby, the popular swing-era bandleader and younger brother of singer Bing Crosby, died Tuesday of cancer. He was 80.

Crosby led big bands from 1935 to 1942. He sang but didn't play an instrument.

- Associated Press

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