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"Lou Reed has died at the age of 71. The legendary singer, a founding member of The Velvet Underground, was one of the most influential rock musicians of the past 50 years. Since the news broke today (October 27), tributes have poured in from fans and stars from across showbusiness. We collect just some of them below. John Cale &amp;quot;The world has lost a fine songwriter and poet\u00E2\u20AC\u00A6I&amp;#039;ve lost my &amp;#039;school-yard buddy&amp;#039; - john cale&amp;quot; http://t.co/8MZMNhkzvf \u00E2\u20AC\u201D John Cale (@therealjohncale) October 27, 2013  David Bowie   (function(d, s, id) { var js, fjs = d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0]; if (d.getElementById(id)) return; js = d.createElement(s); js.id = id; js.src = &amp;quot;//connect.facebook.net/en_GB/all.js#xfbml=1&amp;quot;; fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js, fjs); }(document, &amp;#039;script&amp;#039;, &amp;#039;facebook-jssdk&amp;#039;));  Post by David Bowie (Official).  Nile Rodgers Lou Reed, R.I.P. I did the Jools Holland show with him last year and we yucked it up. I didn&amp;#039;t know he was ill.... http://t.co/enOpYpnGlg \u00E2\u20AC\u201D Nile Rodgers (@nilerodgers) October 27, 2013  Duran Duran  Very sad to hear about the death of music pioneer Lou Reed. Our condolences to his family, we were all huge fans. http://t.co/KGEfWAMxtp \u00E2\u20AC\u201D Duran Duran (@duranduran) October 27, 2013  6Music broadcaster and musician Matt Everitt And don&amp;#039;t forget, this remains the photo of the party i&amp;#039;d most like to be at - RIP Lou Reed (photo @TheRealMickRock) pic.twitter.com/GOumtcD9ee \u00E2\u20AC\u201D Matt Everitt (@matteveritt) October 27, 2013  The Who R.I.P. Lou Reed. Walk on the peaceful side. \u00E2\u20AC\u201D The Who (@TheWho) October 27, 2013  The Dandy Warhols Sad news this Sunday morning with the word of Lou Reed&amp;#039;s passing at age 71. Here&amp;#039;s lookin&amp;#039; at you, Lou. http://t.co/JpKSZerr8A \u00E2\u20AC\u201D The Dandy Warhols (@TheDandyWarhols) October 27, 2013  Terry Pratchett Lou Reed&amp;#039;s gone way up to Mars Soon it will be filled with parking cars I watch it for a little while I love to watch things on TV \u00E2\u20AC\u201D Terry Pratchett (@terryandrob) October 27, 2013  Carl Barat Goodbye Lou Reed. You gave me my strength and helped me in my weakness. \u00E2\u20AC\u201D Carl Barat (@carlbaratmusic) October 27, 2013  Hurts singer Theo Hutchcraft RIP Lou Reed. Such sad news. A man who made so much possible leaves an impossible space to fill. What a guy. http://t.co/dBN9k7vWya \u00E2\u20AC\u201D Theo Hutchcraft (@theohurts) October 27, 2013  Neil Gaiman Goodnight Lou Reed. You beautiful prickly bastard. Thank you for the glorious songs and the conversations. http://t.co/kyosBJ06J8 #gotoglory \u00E2\u20AC\u201D Neil Gaiman (@neilhimself) October 27, 2013  John Cusack Lou Reed RIP - always inspired by him - terrible news - only knew him through his art -a great - a singular poet - \u00E2\u20AC\u201D John Cusack (@johncusack) October 27, 2013  Tom Odell Sad to hear about Lou Reed, one of the greatest songwriters ever. Rest in peace, x \u00E2\u20AC\u201D Tom Odell (@tompeterodell) October 27, 2013  Patrick Wolf  Lou reed, saint lou coney island baby..into that good night gone but your work is forever, saddest of sundays... \u00E2\u20AC\u201D Patrick Wolf (@_PATRICK_WOLF) October 27, 2013  Billy Idol R.I.P. Lou Reed &amp;amp; thank you &amp;amp; the Velvets. U were my inspiration in the &amp;#039;70&amp;#039;s, 4 without you there would have been no punk rock! \u00E2\u20AC\u201D Billy Idol (@BillyIdol) October 27, 2013  Rob da Bank so so sad that Lou Reed has died..that man wrote a lot of my favourite songs and soundtracked my teen years.. #satellitesgoneuptothesky \u00E2\u20AC\u201D Rob da Bank (@RobdaBank) October 27, 2013  Luke Haines I hope the Lou Reed news isn&amp;#039;t true. Here&amp;#039;s a song I could listen to everyday http://t.co/YhyradzPur \u00E2\u20AC\u201D luke haines (@LukeHaines_News) October 27, 2013  Graham Norton And so it goes . . . Goodbye Lou Reed. Thanks for Transformer one of the best albums EVER! Might listen to Perfect Day and have a little weep \u00E2\u20AC\u201D graham norton (@grahnort) October 27, 2013  Karen Elson Lou Reed 1942-2013: His life in pictures:  "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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