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"Folk music has lost a legend with the Tuesday passing of Doc Watson.\r\nThe guitarist died at the Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center in Winston-Salem, NC at the age of 89, the Associated Press reports. Watson was hospitalized after falling in his home, and had been in critical condition following abdominal surgery.\r\n\r\nThe musician--who helped revolutionize the guitar&amp;apos;s role in bluegrass and country music with his unique flat-picking style--had been blind since the age of 1 after developing an eye infection that was further complicated by a preexisting vascular condition. Though he learned to play both the harmonica and the banjo as a boy, his real passion lay with the guitar.\r\nWatson, who made a home for himself in Deep Gap, NC, went on to win eight Grammys in his lifetime.\r\n\r\nIn 2011, music fans dedicated a life-size statue of Watson in Boone, NC; Watson requested the statue read &amp;quot;Just One of the People.&amp;quot;\r\n&amp;quot;Just as a good ol&amp;apos; down-to-earth boy that didn&amp;apos;t think he was perfect and that loved music,&amp;quot; Watson said at the time of how he&amp;apos;d like to be remembered. &amp;quot;And I&amp;apos;d like to leave quite a few friends behind and I hope I will. Other than that, I don&amp;apos;t want nobody putting me on a pedestal when I leave here. I&amp;apos;m just one of the people . . . just me.&amp;quot;"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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