Another star faded out.

When the years pass by, my musical preferences shift back and forth.
Some records played daily at one time, disappear in a cupboard, to be dusted off again and to be rediscovered.
I did not listen to The Cramps often for the last couple of years.
However, time does not take a pause.
Rock and roll lost another star.
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