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He was just at peace, Bobby Lewis said.

Most people say when they met Dad that he was a class act.
He was that way even through his last breath.
The album hit No.
2 on theBillboardcharts; the single reached No.
5 and was later deemed about the last big jazz single byNPR.
The groups rendition of Hang on Sloopy reached No.
11 on the pop-music chart and No.
19 on the pop charts in 1966.
He also hosted a radio show on WNUA-FM that was syndicated nationwide.
He loved touring and meeting music lovers from so many cultures and walks of life.
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He recognized the gift God had given him.