{
  "id": 4655951,
  "title": "Half Japanese’s David Fair Has Died",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/31/half-japaneses-david-fair-has-died",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-08-31T13:59:47.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Stereogum",
    "slug": "stereogum",
    "url": "https://stereogum.com/2509846/half-japaneses-david-fair-has-died/music/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "David Fair, co-founder of the influential long-running experimental rock band Half Japanese, has died. David co-founded Half Japanese with his brother Jad Fair in the mid-'70s. On Sunday morning, David's late-'00s label Thick Syrup Records and his longtime friend Jeff Feuerzeig, director of the 1993 documentary Half Japanese: The Band That Would Be King , announced his passing on social media.…",
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  "coverage": {
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}