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Gil Robbins, singer, guitarist and songwriter of 1960s folk group The Highwaymen, dies aged 80 of prostate cancer, at his home in Esteban Cantu, Mexico. His group's recording of the Civil War anti-slavery song Michael [Row the Boat Ashore] became an unexpected international pop hit in 1962.
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