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Music world reacts to Joe Cocker's death on Twitter

FILE - In this Aug. 5, 2011 file photo, British singer Joe Cocker sings the "Red Cross Gala" in Monaco. Cocker, best known for the songs, "You Are So Beautiful," and the 1980s duet "Up Where We Belong," with Jennifer Warnes, died Monday, Dec. 22, 2014 of lung cancer in Colorado. He was 70. (AP Photo/Lionel Cironneau, File) Joe Cocker's distinctive rasp inspired generations of singers. Photo: AP.

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Credit: Melissa Ruggieri

FILE - In this Aug. 5, 2011 file photo, British singer Joe Cocker sings the "Red Cross Gala" in Monaco. Cocker, best known for the songs, "You Are So Beautiful," and the 1980s duet "Up Where We Belong," with Jennifer Warnes, died Monday, Dec. 22, 2014 of lung cancer in Colorado. He was 70. (AP Photo/Lionel Cironneau, File) Joe Cocker's distinctive rasp inspired generations of singers. Photo: AP.
By Melissa Ruggieri
Dec 22, 2014

BY MELISSA RUGGIERI

The distinctive rasp of Joe Cocker, the blues-rock bellower who was often imitated but never, ever duplicated, was silenced on Monday when Cocker passed away at the age of 70.

The singer last played Atlanta in 2012, sharing a bill with Huey Lewis and the News at Chastain Park Amphitheatre.

Shortly after his agent confirmed Cocker's death from lung cancer, Twitter was illuminated with RIP messages for the man behind such memorable renditions of "With a Little Help From My Friends" and "You Are So Beautiful."

Here is what they had to say in their messages of mourning.

About the Author

Melissa Ruggieri has covered music and entertainment for The Atlanta Journal-Constitution since 2010 and created the Atlanta Music Scene blog. She's kept vampire hours for more than two decades and remembers when MTV was awesome.

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