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"David Richards, best known for producing the music of rock band Queen, has died at the age of 57.  Richards passed away on Friday (December 20) after a long battle with an undisclosed illness, according to Queen Online.   He produced Queen&amp;#039;s final four albums with singer Freddy Mercury, including the posthumous Made in Heaven. Other albums he worked on over a decades-spanning career included Iggy Pop&amp;#039;s 1986 LP Blah Blah Blah and David Bowie&amp;#039;s Never Let Me Down and Outside.  A statement on Queen&amp;#039;s official website said that Richards &amp;quot;will be remembered by many as a good friend&amp;quot;. &amp;quot;He was funny and generous and great company, a talented and capable man who had an instinctive &amp;#039;magic touch&amp;#039; in the recording studio,&amp;quot; it continued. &amp;quot;His creative productions will be enjoyed for years to come.&amp;quot; A movie about Queen and Freddy Mercury&amp;#039;s time recording the music that Richards help produced is in the works, with Ben Whishaw starring as Mercury.  "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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