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  "id": 4734328,
  "title": "Half Japanese’s David Fair Dead At 74",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/31/half-japaneses-david-fair-dead-at-74",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-08-31T13:59:47.000Z",
  "source": {
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    "url": "https://stereogum.com/2509846/half-japaneses-david-fair-has-died/news/"
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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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        "outlet": "Stereogum",
        "title": "Half Japanese’s David Fair Has Died",
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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": "Consequence",
        "title": "David Fair, Half Japanese Co-Founder, Has Died",
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        "published": "2026-08-31T15:19:14.000Z"
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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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  "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."
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