Ian Dury Artistfacts

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Ian Dury Artistfacts

May 12, 1942 - March 27, 2000
Dury was one of the original members of the UK punk record label Stiff Records.
Before turning to music, Dury taught painting at the Canterbury Art College in Britain. This was after studying at the Royal College of Art.
At age 7, he was stricken with polio.
Dury first made a name for himself in Kilburn and the High Roads, playing Fifties rock n' roll.
Dury's album New Boots and Panties!! was released in 1977 and stayed on the British charts for two years.
He died March 27, 2000 from liver cancer.
Dury composed the theme song to the British TV show The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole Aged 13 3/4.
He also acted in many movies including The Cook, the Thief, His Wife and Her Lover and The Crow: City of Angels.
On August 26, 1998, Bob Geldof announced on a radio show that Dury had died of cancer. Dury, who would live another two years, was amused by the report.
Andrew Lloyd Webber asked Ian Dury to write the lyrics for Cats, but he turned him down because "I can't stand the music."

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Bill from San Gabriel, CaI saw Ian & The Blockheads at the Roxy Theatre in Hollywood in the 1978-79 period. A great show! It was one of the best I have seen! He was quite the entertainer. We miss you Ian!

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