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Duane Eddy, who became the first stand-alone rock ‘n’ roll guitar star with a string of instrumental hits in the late ’50s and early ’60s, including the theme to TV series’ Peter Gunn’ and ‘Rebel Rouser,’ died at 86. Eddy’s wife, Deed Abbate, told the Associated Press that the Grammy-winning musician passed away from cancer at Williamson Health Hospital near his home in Franklin, Tennessee. A representative said that Eddy has inspired a generation of guitarists the world over with his unmistakable signature “twang” sound. He was the first rock and roll guitar god, a genuinely humble and incred…

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