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Bruce Springsteen’s High School Buddy Immortalized in ‘Glory Days’ Dead at 75
Joe DePugh, a high school friend of Bruce Springsteen forever immortalized in the 1984 hit 'Glory Days,' has died at age 75.
Joe DePugh, a grade-school friend of Bruce Springsteen forever immortalized in his 1984 hit “Glory Days” as the baseball player who “could throw that speedball by you,” died of cancer in Florida. DePugh’s moment of pop music immortality stemmed from a chance encounter with Springsteen in the summer of 1973 outside of a New Jersey bar, several years after they last saw each other in high school. For years, the identity of the mysterious speedball pitcher was the source of much rumor and speculation in New Jersey, and throughout the Springsteen fan community.
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