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Charismatic actor Peter Lorre, who appeared in many Hollywood films including The Maltese Falcon (1941) and Casablanca (1942), dies of a stroke, aged 59, in Los Angeles, California, USA. His life and work will inspire such songs as Peter Lorre He's A Brick by The Jazz Butcher Conspiracy (1986) and I Want To Be Peter Lorre by Tom Smith (1991). Lorre also gets a prominent mention in Year Of The Cat by Al Stewart (1976).
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