Les McKeown, frontman for Bay City Rollers, dies aged 65
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Les McKeown, the singer who led the Bay City Rollers in their most successful period, has died aged 65.
His family announced that he “died suddenly at home”, and asked for privacy following “the shock of our profound loss”. No cause of death has been announced.
McKeown sang their UK No 1 Bye, Bye Baby as well as Top 10 hits such as Shang-a-Lang and Summertime Sensation, and led the group into a phase of US success in the mid-1970s.
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