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- Trevor Oakes, guitarist for Showaddywaddy, died on February 18 at age 79 after a long illness.
- The band's website announced his death, prompting tributes from former bandmates.
- Ex-frontman Dave Bartram praised Oakes as an innovator essential to the band's success, noting 15 UK top 20 hits in the 1970s.
- Oakes, a Leicester native, played his last gig with the band in 2008 before retiring.
