Koko Taylor dead at 80

By Kyle Ryan  |  June 3, 2009 | 9:16pm
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Koko Taylor dead at 80
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In Chicago, it's easy to take Koko Taylor for granted: The "Queen of the Blues" seemed immortal, always performing or just about to head out on the road. Here's hoping you had a chance to see her at one of those thousands of performances, as the Chicago Sun-Times is reporting Taylor has died at 80.

Taylor had been in the hospital for surgery to repair a "gastrointestinal bleed," and as recently as a couple weeks ago was expected to make a full recovery. Details are sketchy at this point, but it appears her death was due to complications from the procedure.

Here's some vintage Taylor in memoriam. Everyone, take a moment to hug your blues heroes today.

 
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