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Duncan Sheik, Tony- and Grammy-winning Spring Awakening composer and pop star, dies at 56
Sheik had been best known for his lasting radio hit Barely Breathing when he turned his sights on Broadway with Spring Awakening, resulting in the envelope-pushing show that musicalised teenage angst.
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