Captain Beefheart Dies at 69
10:39 PM PST 12/17/2010 by Mitch Myers
Visual artist, singer, musician, composer and American iconoclast Don Van Vliet, known throughout the world as Captain Beefheart, has died at the age of 69 from complications related to multiple sclerosis, an artist representative stated on Friday.
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