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‘Brand New Key’ Singer Melanie Dead at 76


The song was featured in Boogie Nights, Kids in the Hall, and Doctor Who.

News of the singer’s death came from a post on her official Facebook page, written by her children Leilah, Jeordie and Beau Jarred. She was one of the most talented, strong and passionate women of the era and every word she wrote, every note she sang reflected that.” The family asks that fans light a candle in Melanie’s honor at 10 p.m. Central Standard Time, “Illuminate the darkness, and let us all be connected in remembrance of the extraordinary woman who was wife, mother, grandmother, great-grandmother and friend to so very many people.”

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