FOXNews.com: ROCK PIONEER Velvet Underground's Lou Reed dies at 71, agent says

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ROCK PIONEER Velvet Underground's Lou Reed dies at 71, agent says Oct 27th 2013, 22:18 Lou Reed, the frontman of the rock band the Velvet Underground, has died at age 71, according to a report from Rolling Stone magazine. The Velvet Underground became one of the most influential bands in rock music by fusing art and music through its collaboration with Andy Warhol in the 1960s, Reuters reports. The magazine did not say how Reed died and his representatives could not immediately be reached. Reed had undergone a liver transplant in May. He was hospitalized in July for severe dehydration, Variety reports. The Velvet Underground consisted of Reed, who was the lead vocalist and guitarist, John Cale, a keyboardist and viola player, Sterling Morrison, a guitarist, and drummer Maureen Tucker. The group played their first show in 1965 and became the house band at Warhol's Factory studio the following year, according to a biography of the band on the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame's website. They became the centerpiece of Warhol's "Exploding Plastic Inevitable" multimedia events.

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