Fact #63780
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Ellie Greenwich, co-composer of hit songs including Da Doo Ron Ron, Chapel of Love and Be My Baby, dies aged 68 of a heart attack at St. Luke's-Roosevelt Hospital Center, New York City, USA. On the same day, streets in the centre of Bucharest are closed and pedestrianised when Madonna's Sticky & Sweet Tour plays in Izvor Park, Bucharest, Romania. Also on this day, Bob Dylan officially announces that he will release a Christmas album, Christmas In The Heart, later in the year.