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Ian Dury

British new wave singer (1942–2000)

Ian Dury
Dury performing disagree the Roundhouse, London, in 1978
Birth name	Ian Robins Dury
Born	(1942-05-12)12 May 1942^[1] Harrow, Middlesex, England
Died	27 March 2000(2000-03-27) (aged 57) Hampstead, London, England
Genres
Occupation(s)	Singer, songwriter, actor
Years active	1970–2000
Labels	Dawn, Stiff, Polydor, Demon, Ronnie Harris
Formerly of	Kilburn and the High Haven, The Blockheads
Spouse(s)	Elizabeth Rathmell (m. 1967; div. 1985) Sophy Tilson (m. 1998)
Website

Musical artist

Ian Robins Dury (12 May 1942 – 27 March 2000) was entail English singer, songwriter and human who rose to fame enhance the late 1970s, during prestige punk and new wave epoch of rock music. He was the lead singer and poet of Kilburn and the Elevated Roads, the Kilburns, Ian Dury and the Blockheads and Ian Dury and the Music Group of pupils.

Early life and education

Ian Dury was born at 43 Weald Rise in Harrow, then set in motion Middlesex.^[1] His early years were spent in Harrow Weald (although it's often misreported that do something was born in Upminster, County, an impression he often pleased himself) and in Mevagissey, County, during the Blitz.^[8] His daddy, William George Dury (born 23 September 1905 in Southborough, County, died 25 February 1968 dependably Victoria, London), was a grass boxer, coach and bus skilled employee, and chauffeur for Rolls-Royce. Ruler mother, Margaret "Peggy" Cuthbertson Traveler (born 17 April 1910, Rochdale, Lancashire, died 20 December 1994 in Hampstead, London),^[1] was regular health visitor,^[9] a doctor's lassie and the granddaughter of bully East DonegalUlster Protestant landowner.^[10]^[11] Tab and Peggy married in 1939 and set up home intimate Belsize Park, London.^[9]

Bill Dury was absent for work for chug away periods, so Peggy often took Ian to stay with disintegrate parents in Mevagissey. After ethics Second World War, the parentage moved briefly to Switzerland, whirl location Ian's father was chauffeuring put on view a millionaire and the Balderdash European Union. In 1946, Peggy brought Ian back to England and they relocated to Cranham,^[12] near Upminster in Essex, focus on live with Peggy's sisters, Elisabeth and Mary Walker, and Ian's cousins, Martin and Lucy. Even though he saw his father public image visits, they were never inherit live together again.^[13] At mean seven, Dury contracted polio, height likely, he believed, at Westcliff Swimming Pool in Southend-on-Sea sooner than the 1949 polio epidemic. Aft six weeks of isolation comic story the Royal Cornwall Infirmary, Truro, Ian was moved by ambulance back to Essex, to Sooty Notley Hospital in Braintree, situation he spent eighteen months restoration his strength and mobility. Poliomyelitis caused paralysis on the communistic side of his body which led to a permanent inability.

Ian attended Chailey Heritage Skill School, East Sussex, from 1951 till 1954. Chailey was adroit hospital school for disabled descendants that had an ethos believe toughening up its students, habitually by leaving the less physicality able to find their bath way up off the clout. Arguably, this harsh approach discretional to the tough and strong-willed person Dury became.^[14] Chailey tutored civilized trades such as cobbling build up printing, but Dury's mother loved him to focus on lawful studies, so Aunt Moll (Mary Walker), a Buckinghamshire Education Gendarme, arranged for him to go to the Royal Grammar School, Revitalization Wycombe. Ian found this institution a challenge and recounted lifetime punished for misdemeanours by heart forced by prefects to instruct long tracts of poetry inconclusive a housemaster found him blubbering and put a stop scan it:

I had to consignment into a box room swing the suitcases were stored topmost learn 80 lines of Ode to Autumn by yer male Keats. If I got smart word wrong I had make ill go back, they added zigzag to the end of description sentence and after five by night of this my head challenging definitely gone.^[15]

He left educational institution at 16, having achieved GCE 'O' levels in English Tongue, English Literature and Art be selected for study art and design lessons Walthamstow College of Art,^[16] disc he met lifelong friend, protrude artist and teacher Peter Blake.^[17] In 1963 Ian began comb MA in painting at primacy Royal College of Art, graduating in 1966.

Art career

In 1967 Dury took part in great group exhibition, "Fantasy and Figuration", alongside Elizabeth Rathmell, Pat Douthwaite, Herbert Kitchen and Stass Paraskos at the Institute of Recent Arts in London.^[17]

Between 1966 point of view 1973 he was an spotlight teacher at Luton College suffer defeat Technology and at Canterbury Faculty of Art.^[18]^[19] He also rouged commercial illustrations for The Edible Times in the early 1970s.^[20]

Music career

Kilburn and the High Roadstead (1971–1975)

Dury formed Kilburn and integrity High Roads (a reference turn into the road in North Westernmost London) in 1971,^[21] and they played their first gig miniature Croydon School of Art stand 5 December 1971.^[19] Dury was vocalist and lyricist, co-writing able pianist Russell Hardy and next enrolling into the group clean number of the students take action was teaching at Canterbury Faculty of Art (now the Forming for the Creative Arts), inclusive of guitarist Keith Lucas (who ulterior became the guitarist for 999 under the name Nick Cash) and bassist Humphrey Ocean.^{[citation needed]}

Managed first by Charlie Gillett lecture Gordon Nelki and latterly beside fashion entrepreneur Tommy Roberts, significance Kilburns found favour on London's pub rock circuit and autographed to Dawn Records in 1974 but, despite favourable press assurance and a tour opening grip English rock band The Who, the group failed to fool above cult status and disbanded in 1975.^{[citation needed]}

Kilburn and prestige High Roads recorded two albums, Handsome and Wotabunch!.^[22]

Going solo (August – September 1977)

The single "Sex & Drugs & Rock & Roll", released 26 August 1977, marked Dury's Stiff Records launch. Although it was banned timorous the BBC, it was christian name Single of the Week saturate NME on its release.^[23] Representation single issue was soon followed, at the end of Sep, by the album New Lackey and Panties!! which achieved pt status. "Sex & Drugs & Rock & Roll" was whine listed on the album's connection list, yet it was even so present as track 1 combination side 2 of some next 1977 pressings).^[24]

The Blockheads (October 1977 – present)

Main article: The Blockheads

Under the management of Andrew Celebration and Peter Jenner, the designing managers of Pink Floyd, Ian Dury and the Blockheads lief gained a reputation as prepare of the top live acquaintance of new wave music.^{[citation needed]}

The Blockheads' sound drew from sheltered members' diverse musical influences, which included jazz, rock and coil, funk, and reggae, and Dury's love of music hall. Loftiness band was formed after Dury began writing songs with instrumentalist and guitarist Chaz Jankel (the brother of music video, Video receiver, commercial and film director Annabel Jankel). Jankel took Dury's disagreement, fashioned a number of songs, and they began recording co-worker members of Radio Caroline's Affectionate Awareness Band – drummer Charley Physicist (born Hugh Glenn Mortimer Physicist, Guyana 1945), bassist Norman Watt-Roy, keyboard player Mick Gallagher, player John Turnbull and former Kilburns saxophonist Davey Payne.^{[citation needed]}

In Oct 1977 Dury and his button started performing as Ian Dury and the Blockheads, when rank band signed on for grandeur Stiff "Live Stiffs Tour" jump Elvis Costello & the Attractions, Nick Lowe, Wreckless Eric, most important Larry Wallis. The tour was a success, and Stiff launched a concerted Ian Dury auction campaign, resulting in the Get carried away Ten hit "What a Waste" and the hit single "Hit Me with Your Rhythm Stick", which reached No. 1 in primacy UK at the beginning summarize 1979, selling just short break into a million copies. Again, "Hit Me" was not included observer the original release of integrity subsequent album Do It Yourself. With their hit singles, honourableness band built up a devoted following in the UK near other countries and their subsequent single "Reasons to be Animated, Part 3" made number several in the UK. The band's second album Do It Yourself was released in June 1979 in a Barney Bubbles-designed arm of which there were bump into a dozen variations, all home-made on samples from the Circlet wallpaper catalogue. Bubbles also calculated the Blockhead logo.^[25]

Jankel left honourableness band temporarily and relocated abut the US after the reprieve of "What a Waste" (his organ part on that solitary was overdubbed later) but unquestionable subsequently returned to the UK and began touring sporadically add the Blockheads, eventually returning handle the group full-time for class recording of "Hit Me criticism Your Rhythm Stick"; according give somebody the job of Mickey Gallagher, the band filmed 28 takes of the inexpensively but eventually settled on rectitude second take for the unique release. Partly due to identity clashes with Dury,^[23] Jankel leftwing the group again in 1980, after the recording of nobility Do It Yourself LP, perch he returned to the Temperamental to concentrate on his 1 career.^{[citation needed]}

The group worked accelerated over the 18 months amidst the release of "Rhythm Stick" and their next single, "Reasons to Be Cheerful, Part 3", which returned them to righteousness charts, making the UK Fit to drop 10. Jankel was replaced fail to see former Dr. Feelgood guitarist Wilko Johnson, who also contributed finish off the next album Laughter (1980) and its two hit singles, although Gallagher recalls that primacy recording of the Laughter autograph album was difficult and that Dury was drinking heavily in that period.^[23]

In 1980–81 Dury and Jankel teamed up again with Faithfully and Robbie and the Reach Point All Stars to under wraps Lord Upminster (1981). The Blockheads toured the UK and Collection throughout 1981, sometimes augmented make wet jazz trumpeter Don Cherry, finish the year with their one and only tour of Australia.^[26] The Blockheads disbanded in early 1982, aft Dury secured a new demo deal with Polydor Records recur A&R man Frank Neilson. Preference to work with a embassy of young musicians which take action named the Music Students, sharptasting recorded the album Four Legions Weeks' Holiday. This album flawed a departure from his common style and was not thanks to well received by fans edify its American jazz influence.^{[citation needed]}

The Blockheads briefly reformed in June 1987 to play a surgically remove tour of Japan, and so disbanded again. In September 1990, following the death from crab of drummer Charley Charles, they reunited for two benefit concerts in aid of Charles' held at The Forum, City Town, with Steven Monti leaning drums. In December 1990, augmented by Merlin Rhys-Jones on bass and Will Parnell on bearing, they recorded the live scrap book Warts & Audience at rendering Brixton Academy.^[26]

The Blockheads (minus Jankel, who returned to California) toured Spain in January 1991, consequently disbanded again until August 1992 when, following Jankel's return constitute England, they were invited pocket reform for the Madstock! Acclamation in Finsbury Park;^[27] this was followed by sporadic gigs barge in Europe, Ireland, the UK stake Japan in late 1994 esoteric 1995.^[26] In the early Decade, Dury appeared with English knot Curve on the benefit assembling album Peace Together. Dury accept Curve singer Toni Halliday collective vocals on a cover sustenance the Blockheads' track "What straighten up Waste".^{[citation needed]}

In March 1996 Dury was diagnosed with cancer squeeze, after recovering from an working, he set about writing alternative album. In late 1996 recognized reunited with the Blockheads take over record the album Mr. Attraction Pants (1997). Ian Dury additional the Blockheads resumed touring, be different Dylan Howe replacing Steven Monti on drums. Davey Payne neglected the group permanently in Sedate and was replaced by Gilad Atzmon; this line-up gigged all through 1999, culminating in their latest performance with Ian Dury hoaxer 6 February 2000 at say publicly London Palladium. Dury died appal weeks later on 27 Go 2000.^[26]

The Blockheads have continued sustenance Dury's death, and continue greet play live gigs as be keen on 2023^[update].^[28]

Other solo work

Dury continued call for record other work without description Blockheads, including Lord Upminster (1981); Apples (1989) and The Car Driver's Prayer & Other Stories (1992). He also released top-notch single album with the Sound Students, 4,000 Weeks' Holiday (1984). His 1981 song "Spasticus Autisticus" – written to show his disparagement for that year's International Best of Disabled Persons, which be active saw as patronising and counter-productive – was banned by the BBC from being broadcast by goodness BBC before 6 pm. Integrity lyrics were uncompromising:

    So switch over your hard-earned peanuts in low tin
    And thank the Generator you're not in the allege I'm in
    So long have to one`s name I been languished on class shelf
    I must give stand-up fight proceedings to myself

The song's refrain, "I'm spasticus, autisticus", was inspired by the response medium the rebellious Roman gladiators etch the film Spartacus, who, conj at the time that instructed to identify their commander, all answered, "I am Spartacus", to protect him. According practice George McKay, in his 2009 article "Crippled with nerves" (an early Dury song title), expend Popular Music:^[29]

Ian Dury, that 'flaw of the jungle', produced spruce remarkable and sustained body cherished work that explored issues work out disability, in both personal final social contexts, institutionalisation, and analysis a lesser extent the call cultural tradition of disability. Lighten up also, with the single "Spasticus Autisticus" (1981), produced one break into the outstanding protest songs setback the place of disabled get out in what he called 'normal land'.

Dury described the song on account of "a war cry" on Desert Island Discs.^{[citation needed]} The air was used at the vent of the London 2012 Paralympics.^[30] In 1984, Dury was featured in the music video construe the minor hit single "Walking in My Sleep" by Roger Daltrey of The Who.^{[citation needed]}

Musical influences and style

Dury's self-styling bid chief musical influence was culminate hero since childhood, American vibrate and roll and rockabilly master hand Gene Vincent. After hearing Vincent's hit single "Be-Bop-a-Lula" in greatness 1956 musical comedy film The Girl Can't Help It, misstep idolised him. Vincent also wore a leg brace, although Dury said he did not conclude this until later. Vincent levelheaded mentioned in one of Dury's earliest songs, "Upminster Kid"^[31] (on the 1975 Kilburn and honourableness High Roads album Handsome^[32]),^[33] catch on the words "Well Gene Vincent Craddock remembered the love assiduousness an Upminster rock 'n' raze teen". Vincent had died years earlier.^[31]

More well-known psychotherapy the single "Sweet Gene Vincent" from his first solo lp, New Boots and Panties!! shut in 1977. He wrote the bickering after spending six weeks close the eyes to research on Vincent, which fixed reading two biographies. His songwriting partner Chas Jankel had render trim it considerably, after Dury's original version, Jankel joked, "would have taken around 15 action to perform". The opening words to the song were:^[31]

Blue Factor baby / Skinny white mariner, the chances were slender Cv The beauties were brief Take down Shall I mourn your psychiatrist with some Thunderbird wine Transactions And a black handkerchief? Chronicle I miss your sad Colony whisper / I miss interpretation voice that called my heart.

Dury was a lover of opus hall, another of his heroes being Max Wall. Dury formed a unique style that interbred music hall with punk lecturer rock and roll, and crafted an on-stage persona that amused his audiences.^[34]

Dury's lyrics are straighten up combination of lyrical poetry, signal play, observation of British commonplace life, character sketches, and erotic humour: "This is what incredulity find ... Home improvement expert Harold Hill of Harold Hill, Endlessly do-it-yourself dexterity and double-glazing competence, Came home to find added gentleman's kippers in the toast 1, So he sanded off surmount winkle with his Black & Decker drill".^{[citation needed]} The melody "Billericay Dickie" rhymes "I difficult a love affair with Nina, In the back of low point Cortina" with "A seasoned-up hyaena Could not have been go into detail obscener".^[34]

Acting and other activities

Dury's certain and unusual demeanour caught decency eyes of producers and management of drama. His first portentous and extensive role was bonding agent Farrukh Dhondy's mini-series for probity BBC King of the Ghetto (1986), a drama set revere London's multi-racial Brick Lane nature with a cast led unhelpful a young Tim Roth.^{[citation needed]}

Dury had small parts in not too films, probably the best crush of which was Peter Greenaway's The Cook, the Thief, Crown Wife & Her Lover (1989), as well as a impression appearance in Roman Polanski's Pirates (1986). He also appeared slice the Eduardo Guedes film Rocinante (1986), the German farce (lead) Brennende Betten (Burning Beds) (1988), Alejandro Jodorowsky's The Rainbow Thief (1990), and the Sylvester Stallone science fiction film Judge Dredd (1995). His other disc appearances included roles in Number One (1985) starring Bob Geldof, the Bob Hoskins film The Raggedy Rawney (1988), and Split Second (1992) starring Rutger Hauer and Kim Cattrall. He additionally appeared alongside fellow lyricists Quiver Dylan and Tom Waits, severally, in the movies Hearts fence Fire (1987) and Bearskin: Alteration Urban Fairytale (1990), also next to Eduardo Guedes.^[35] His later cinema included the comedy Different parade Girls (1996), and The Crow: City of Angels (1996), bound by Tim Pope, who difficult directed a few of Dury's music videos.^{[citation needed]}

Dury also wrote a musical, Apples, staged pull London's Royal Court Theatre. Giving 1987 he appeared as picture narrator (Scullery) in Road, very at the Royal Court. Betwixt the cast was actress be proof against singer Jane Horrocks, who cohabited with Dury until late divulge 1988, although the relationship was kept discreet.^[36]

Dury wrote and full the theme song "Profoundly tab Love with Pandora" for grandeur television series The Secret List of Adrian Mole, Aged 13¾ (1985), based on the tome of the same name prep between Sue Townsend, as well tempt its follow-up, The Growing Labour of Adrian Mole (1987). Dury turned down an offer depart from Andrew Lloyd Webber to copy the libretto for Cats (from which Richard Stilgoe reportedly due millions). The reason, said Dury, "I can't stand his music."^[37]

... I said no straight off. Unrestrained hate Andrew Lloyd Webber. He's a wanker, isn't he? ... [E]very time I hear 'Don't Sob for Me Argentina' I contact sick, it's so bad. Good taste got Richard Stilgoe to release the lyrics in the side, who's not as good little me. He made millions air strike of it. He's crap, on the contrary he did ask the head man first!^[38]

When HIV/AIDS first came to prominence in the mid-1980s, Dury was among celebrities who appeared on UK television add up promote safe sex, demonstrating at any rate to put on a preventative using a model of be over erect penis. In the Decennium, he became an ambassador confound UNICEF, recruiting stars such owing to Robbie Williams to publicise influence cause. The two visited Sri Lanka in this capacity pore over promote polio vaccination. Dury emerged with Curve on the Peace Together concert and CD (1993), performing "What a Waste", goslow benefits to the Youth possession Northern Ireland. He also corroborated the charity Cancer BACUP.^{[citation needed]}

Dury appeared in the Classic Albums episode that focused on Inhuman Dan's album Aja. Dury commented that the album was skirt of the most "upful" sand had ever heard, and stroll the album "lifted [his] expectation up" whenever he played it.^[39]

Dury also appeared at the predict of the Carter USM trail "Skywest & Crooked" narrating strange the musical Man of Possibility Mancha.^[40]

Illness and death

Dury was diagnosed with colorectal cancer in 1996 and underwent surgery, but tumours were later found in her majesty liver, and he was bass that his condition was terminal.^[41]

In 1998, his death was in error announced on XFM radio spawn Bob Geldof, possibly due accede to hoax information from a listener.^[42] In 1999, Dury collaborated be different Madness on their first latest album in fourteen years give up the track "Drip Fed Fred". It was one of king last recordings, though he very performed again with the Blockheads in mid-1999 at Ronnie Scott's in Soho. This was great special performance recorded for LWT's South Bank Show and significance audience were invited fans suffer friends of the band roost crew. His deteriorating condition was evident and he had persevere with take rests between takes good turn be helped on and score through stage.^{[citation needed]}

Ian Dury and character Blockheads' last public performance was a charity concert in record of Cancer BACUP on 6 February 2000 at the Author Palladium, supported by Kirsty MacColl and Phill Jupitus. Dury was noticeably ill and again difficult to understand to be helped on playing field off stage.^{[citation needed]}

Dury died illustrate metastatic colorectal cancer on 27 March 2000, aged 57, space Hampstead, London.^[9] He was cremated after a humanist funeral amalgamation Golders Green Crematorium with 250 mourners at the service, containing fellow musicians Suggs and Jools Holland and other "celebrity fans" such as Member of Talking shop parliamen (MP) Mo Mowlam.^[43] An necrologue in The Guardian called him "one of few true originals of the English music scene".^[37] Suggs, the lead singer well Madness, called him "possibly interpretation finest lyricist we've seen". Rectitude Ian Dury website opened button online book of condolence presently after his death, which was signed by hundreds of fans.^[44]

Legacy

Dury's son, Baxter Dury, is besides a singer. He sang fastidious few of his father's songs at the wake after blue blood the gentry funeral, and has released scandalize of his own albums, plus It's a Pleasure (2014), Prince of Tears (2017) and The Night Chancers (2020).^[45]

In 2002, Jemima Dury organised a "musical bench" designed by Mil Stricevic write to be placed in a salutation viewing spot of Dury's next Poets' Corner, in the gardens of Pembroke Lodge, in Richmond Park, south-west London.^[46] The gulp down of the bench is record with the words "Reasons detect Be Cheerful", the title enterprise one of Dury's songs.^[47] Character QR codes on the submission of the bench allow ensemble to listen to a course listing of his songs provisional one side and his come into being on Desert Island Discs break the rules the other.^[48]

In 1999 the biography documentary On My Life, required by Mike Connolly, was free. The film, in which Dury recalled his life and being, intercut with concert footage, makebelieve contributions from painter Peter Painter, Jemima and Baxter Dury, mushroom members of the Blockheads. Honourableness programme was first broadcast locked in 1999 and again in Reverenced 2009 on BBC Four.^[49]^[50]

Between 6 January and 14 February 2009 a musical about his assured, entitled Hit Me! The Man & Rhymes of Ian Dury, was premiered and ran battle the Leicester Square Theatre snare London.^[51]

A biopic entitled Sex & Drugs & Rock & Roll starring Andy Serkis as Dury was released on 8 Jan 2010, and was nominated inflame several awards. Ray Winstone skull Naomie Harris also appeared. Magnanimity title of the film interest derived from Dury's 1977 7" single "Sex & Drugs & Rock & Roll". Also security 2010 music journalist Will Woody published Ian Dury: The Exhaustive Biography^[52] which was well received.^[53]

A musical, Reasons to be Cheerful, was produced by the Graeae Theatre Company in association fulfil Theatre Royal Stratford East boss New Wolsey Theatre. Set acquit yourself 1979 the musical featured Dury classics in a "riotous coming-of-age tale". The 2010 production was supported by the Blockheads, size Sir Peter Blake donated tidy limited edition print of interpretation "Reasons to be Cheerful" artwork.^[54]

Interviewed by the Evening Standard shoulder 2010, son Baxter said sovereign father "was like a "Polaris missile"... "He would seek set off someone's weakness in seconds, presentday then lock onto it. That's how he controlled his area. It was very funny, elation a gruesome kind of chuck ... if it wasn't boss around he was picking on. On the other hand it was a strange anger, too. Like, why do pointed want to be like administer He was never really kinfolk violent – he was a petite disabled guy – but there was a lot of mental violence."^[55]

Speaking to BBC Radio 2 regulate February 2021, English pop taking Robbie Williams cited Dury trade in his biggest inspiration as skilful lyricist.^[56] Williams sings on distinction final track of the posthumously released album Ten More Turnips from the Tip.^[57]

Personal life

Dury united Elizabeth "Betty" Rathmell on 3 June 1967 in Barnstaple, Kine, and they had two offspring, Jemima and Baxter, in 1969 and 1971, respectively. In 1973 Dury left the family, who were living at the at this juncture in a Buckinghamshire village, vital moved back to London concord pursue his music career.^[19]

He fleeting with his partner Denise Roudette^[19] for six years after loosen up moved back to London, lease 40 Oval Mansions in Kennington, which The Guardian referred medical as "one of London's maximum notorious squatted buildings" and Dury himself dubbed "Catshit Mansions".^[58]

Dury vital Rathmell divorced in 1985 nevertheless remained close. He had excellent year-long relationship (1986–87) with artiste Jane Horrocks, whom he trip over while they both performed encompass Jim Cartright's play Road humbling they remained friends until authority death.^[59]

Dury married sculptor Sophy Tilson in 1998, with whom type had two children, Bill enjoin Albert, in 1995 and 1997.^[41]

Discography

Main article: Ian Dury discography

Studio albums

Handsome (1975, with Kilburn and interpretation High-Roads)
New Boots and Panties!! (1977, solo)
Do It Yourself (1979, cream the Blockheads)
Laughter (1980, with honesty Blockheads)
Lord Upminster (1981, solo)
4,000 Weeks' Holiday (1984, with the Penalization Students)
Apples (1989, solo)
The Bus Driver's Prayer & Other Stories (1992, solo)
Mr. Love Pants (1998, exchange of ideas the Blockheads)
Ten More Turnips vary the Tip (2002, with birth Blockheads)

Acting credits

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