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Don Van Vliet dies at 69; avant-garde rock musician known as Captain Beefheart

Don Van Vliet, a maverick musician who emerged from the Southern California desert with the name Captain Beefheart and a singular and influential form of avant-garde rock in the 1960s, died Friday. He was 69.

By Richard Cromelin, Special to the Los Angeles Times

December 18, 2010

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