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Greg Kihn, Who Scored Hits With ‘Jeopardy’ and ‘The Breakup Song,’ Dead at 75
Greg Kihn, best remembered for his early 1980s hits "The Breakup Song (They Don't Write 'Em)" and "Jeopardy," is dead at age 75.
Eighties hitmaker Greg Kihn, best remembered for his early MTV-era smashes “The Breakup Song (They Don’t Write ‘Em)” and “Jeopardy,” died Tuesday at age 75. That crack came the following year when “The Breakup Song (They Don’t Write ‘Em),” written by Kihn and Wright, reached Number 15 on the Hot 100. Topping the success of “Jeopardy” proved impossible, though the group’s 1985 single “Lucky” did reach Number 30 on the Hot 100.
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