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Doug Fieger of the Knack dead at 57

Published: February 14, 2010 by Matthew Price Comment on this article

Doug Fieger, lead singer of the Knack, has died at age 57 after a battle with cancer, the Associated Press reports. The Knack were best-known for the chart-topping hit “My Sharona,” which was inspired by a former girlfriend of Fieger’s.

Singer Weird Al Yankovic said about Fieger on twitter:

“RIP my dear friend Doug Fieger (lead singer of The Knack, and the first artist ever to approve one of my parodies).”

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by Matthew Price

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Features Editor Matthew Price has worked for The Oklahoman since 2000. He’s a University of Oklahoma graduate who has also worked at the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette and was a Dow Jones Newspaper Fund intern for the Dallas Morning News. He’s...

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