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Death of Keith Moon

Great Britain · Arts / Music. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

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1978Date range
1Named people
1Places

Chronological records

1978

Keith Moon7 September 1978

Arts / Popular Music

Keith Moon dies of an overdose of the drug prescribed to control his alcoholism

Keith Moon7 September 1978

London · Arts / Popular Music

Dies in London after a drug overdose.

Names involved

Keith Moon

Provenance

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