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Here's the Mancunian Way for today: Hello There was sadness across the country today when the death of The Smiths bassist Andy Rourke, 59, was announced following a battle with pancreatic cancer.
Growing up in Manchester, Rourke was into music from an early age and would often spend his lunchtimes at school with future bandmate Johnny Marr jamming together on their guitars.
Leaving school at 15, he went on to play in a variety of rock bands including funk band Freak Party alongside his pal Marr. In 1982, at the age of 18, his former schoolmate invited him to join The Smiths - a band which would go on to have a lasting impact on not just Manchester, but the British music scene as a whole.
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