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Dr. Hook singer Ray Sawyer dies at 81
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Dr. Hook & The Medicine Show star Ray Sawyer has died at
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The singer, famous for his cowboy hat and eye-patch, passed away in Florida on Monday morning after suffering a brief illness.
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The news broke on the band’s Facebook page.
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“Ray Sawyer, an original member of Dr.
Hook from , passed away this morning,” the statement read. “We send our condolences to his family at this difficult time.”
Born in Alabama in , Sawyer was working as a logger in Oregon when he lost of his right eye in a car crash.
Dr hook ray sawyer biography of donald Retrieved February 28, Sawyer in This article contains content provided by Twitter. The New York Times.His trademark eyepatch reminded his bandmates of Peter Pan’s nemesis Captain Hook and they named their act Dr. Hook & the Medicine Show. The band released its first album in
With Sawyer in the band, the abbreviated Dr. Hook scored hits with songs like Sylvia’s Mother, When You’re in Love With a Beautiful Woman, and Cover of the Rolling Stone.
He was inducted into the Alabama Music Hall of Fame in
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