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Musician and artist Don Van Vliet, who performed a complex brand of experimental rock under the name Captain Beefheart, has died at age 69. The Michael Werner Gallery in New York confirmed Van Vliet's ...

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Musician and artist Don Van Vliet, who performed a complex brand of experimental rock under the name Captain Beefheart, died Friday. He was 69. The Michael Werner Gallery in New York confirmed Van ...

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SAN FRANCISCO (AP) -- Musician and artist Don Van Vliet, who performed a complex brand of experimental rock under the name Captain Beefheart, died Friday. He was 69. The Michael Werner Gallery in New ...