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Keith Moon Declines Olympics Invite Because He Is Dead

Roger Daltrey and Pete Townshend, The Who. photo by Ros O'Gorman

Keith Moon Declines Olympics Invite Because He Is Dead

by Roger Wink, VVN Music

It’s no matter that the Who’s Keith Moon has been dead for 33 years, the organizers of this year’s Summer Olympics in London have invited him to play at the event.

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