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Published daily in Bend, Oregon, by Western Communications, Inc. Copyright 2007.
By Ben Sisario / The Bulletin
November 8, 2008
Jimmy Carl Black, the acerbic drummer of Frank Zappa’s mischievous and innovative rock band the Mothers of Invention, died Nov. 1 in Siegsdorf, Germany. He was 70.
The cause was cancer, according to a spokeswoman for Rykodisc, the company that releases Zappa’s music.
Black....