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Rolling Stones drummer Charlie Watts dies after tour pull out

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By Kate HoltonLONDON (Reuters) -Rolling Stones drummer Charlie Watts, widely regarded as one of the coolest men in rock, a jazz enthusiast and a snappy dresser, died on Tuesday just three weeks after pulling out of the band's upcoming U.

S. tour for health reasons. He was 80 years old. "It is with immense sadness that we announce the death of our beloved Charlie Watts.

He passed away peacefully in a London hospital earlier today surrounded by his family," Watts' spokesperson said in a statement.

Among the first British bands to properly crack the American market and a symbol of 1960s London, the Rolling Stones lineup of Watts, Mick Jagger, Keith Richards, Brian Jones and Bill Wyman produced a string of hit records.

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