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Archive Home > 2009 > August > 21 > Songwriter Otha Young

Songwriter Otha Young

By Keith Thursby / The Bulletin
August 21, 2009

LOS ANGELES " Otha Young, who wrote the 1980s hit "The Sweetest Thing (I've Ever Known)" for Grammy-winning singer Juice Newton during their long musical partnership, died of cancer Aug. 6 at Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center, said his wife, Brenda. He was 66.

Young played guitar....

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