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R.I.P. P.F. Sloan 1945-2015

by Paul Cashmere

Songwriter P.F. Sloan has died in his Los Angeles home at age 70. He had been suffering from pancreatic cancer for a number of months.

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Scott McKenzie

Scott McKenzie Dies At 73

by Paul Cashmere

The song’s creator Scott McKenzie has died in Los Angeles at the age of 73. ‘If you’re going to San Francisco, be sure to wear a flower in your hair’ is one of the great hippy songs of its era and defined San Francisco in the 60s.

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