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Fats Domino Dies At 89

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By Gwen Thompkins

Published October 25, 2017 at 12:16 PM EDT

Fats Domino, a founding father of rock-and-roll, has died at age 89. His daughter said that he died Tuesday of natural causes. Antoine Domino Jr., was one of the first singers to be inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.

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Gwen Thompkins

Gwen Thompkins is a New Orleans native, NPR veteran and host of WWNO's Music Inside Out, where she brings to bear the knowledge and experience she amassed as senior editor of Weekend Edition, an East Africa correspondent, the holder of Nieman and Watson Fellowships, and as a longtime student of music from around the world.

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