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DATE: SATURDAY, September 2, 1995                   TAG: 9509050054
SECTION: VIRGINIA                    PAGE: C2   EDITION: METRO 
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ROCK GUITARIST STERLING MORRISON DIES

Sterling Morrison, a founding member and a guitarist for the seminal experimental rock band Velvet Underground, died on Wednesday at his home in Poughkeepsie, N.Y. He was 53.

The cause was non-Hodgkin's lymphoma, said his wife, Martha.

The Velvet Underground, which helped spawn a generation of new-wave and punk-rock musicians, came to prominence in 1965 and 1966.

Morrison founded the Velvet Underground with Lou Reed, John Cale and Maureen Tucker and the band quickly gained notice through its association with Andy Warhol, who adopted the performers as his proteges.

After the Velvet Underground split up in 1971, Morrison earned a doctorate in medieval studies from the University of Texas at Austin.

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