{
  "id": 7191777,
  "title": "Dead Boys Guitarist Cheetah Chrome Dies at 71",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/13/dead-boys-guitarist-cheetah-chrome-dies-at-71",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-09-13T22:33:43.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Variety",
    "slug": "variety",
    "url": "https://variety.com/2026/music/people-news/cheetah-chrome-dead-punk-guitarist-dead-boys-1236860807/"
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  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "Eugene Richard O’Connor, the punk rocker known as Cheetah Chrome and guitarist of the Dead Boys, died Sunday, his bandmates confirmed on Instagram. He was 71. “We are incredibly sad to announce the news of the passing of our beloved friend and bandmate Cheetah Chrome,” the band wrote in the post. “Cheetah was a true original, […]",
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      {
        "outlet": "Consequence",
        "title": "Cheetah Chrome, Dead Boys Co-Founder and Guitarist, Dead at 71",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/13/cheetah-chrome-dead-boys-co-founder-and-guitarist-dead-at-71",
        "published": "2026-09-13T23:56:12.000Z"
      }
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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."
}