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Paul Simon was awarded an honorary doctorate from Brandeis University in Boston, Massachusetts.
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Shirley Bassey was rushed to a hospital in Monaco for emergency stomach surgery.
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Curtis Mayfield was inducted into the Hollywood Rock Walk.
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Paul Simon was given the first Gershwin Award by the United States Library of Congress honoring his contributions to music.
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Music promoter Ian Copeland, brother of former Police drummer Stewart Copeland, died of skin cancer at his home in Los Angeles. Ian discovered Average White Band and helped the careers of Lynyrd Skynyrd, the Charlie Daniels Band and the Allman Brothers Band get off the group. Copeland was 57.