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Lou Reed

ROCK SINGER-SONGWRITER Mar 2, 1942 - Oct 27, 2013

KNOWN FOR

Member of Velvet Underground; solo song "Take a Walk on the Wild Side," and albums New York and Transformer.

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Lou Reed: Rock and Roll Heart (Apr 1998)Directed by Timothy Greenfield-Sanders

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