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John Harrison, whose varied career in music embraced spells with MOR dance orchestra The Joe Loss Band and psychedelic space rock pioneers Hawkwind, dies in his sleep at Garden Crest clinic, Los Angeles, California, USA, aged 69, after a long battle with Huntington's disease.