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  "id": 4663305,
  "title": "David Fair, Half Japanese Co-Founder, Has Died",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/31/david-fair-half-japanese-co-founder-has-died",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-08-31T15:19:14.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Consequence",
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    "url": "https://consequence.net/2026/08/david-fair-half-japanese-co-founder-has-died/"
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  "summary": "Fair helped shape Half Japanese's radically untrained, anything-goes approach to rock and later distilled that philosophy in his cult essay \"How to Play Guitar.\" David Fair, Half Japanese Co-Founder, Has Died Alex Krinsky",
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        "outlet": "Stereogum",
        "title": "Half Japanese’s David Fair Has Died",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/31/half-japaneses-david-fair-has-died",
        "published": "2026-08-31T13:59:47.000Z"
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      {
        "outlet": "Rolling Stone",
        "title": "David Fair, Co-Founder of Art Rock Innovators Half Japanese, Dead at 74",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/31/david-fair-co-founder-of-art-rock-innovators-half-japanese-dead-at-74",
        "published": "2026-08-31T15:10:32.000Z"
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      {
        "outlet": "Pitchfork",
        "title": "Half Japanese’s David Fair Dies at 74",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/31/half-japaneses-david-fair-dies-at-74",
        "published": "2026-08-31T18:34:56.000Z"
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