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The Two-Way
10:16 am
Thu September 6, 2012

Joe South, Of 'Games People Play' Fame, Dies

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Joe South, in 2009.
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  • A clip of Joe South, singing 'Games People Play'
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Joe South, who wrote such '60s and '70s hits as Games People Play and (I Never Promised You A) Rose Garden, died Wednesday of an apparent heart attack at his home in Buford, Ga. He was 72.

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In Memoriam
6:25 pm
Fri July 20, 2012

Fans gather to remember 'Uncle Lionel', New Orleans music icon

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By MICHAEL KUNZELMAN | The Associated Press

A burial service for a New Orleans music icon known simply as "Uncle Lionel" had to be postponed when a violent thunderstorm flooded the cemetery where he will be laid to rest.

But the foul weather didn't stop hundreds of fans, friends and neighbors from packing a theater for Lionel Batiste's funeral Friday, turning a somber ceremony into a fittingly raucous celebration of his life. The audience at the Mahalia Jackson Theater danced in the aisles and gave standing ovations to musicians paying tribute to Batiste.

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