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"Laurie Anderson has written a short obituary for her late husband Lou Reed, revealing that he spent his last days &amp;quot;being happy&amp;quot;. Former Velvet Underground frontman Reed died on Sunday (October 27) at the age of 71.  &amp;gt; Lou Reed 1942-2013: Obituary of Velvet Underground co-founder Anderson wrote the piece for the East Hampton Star, a local newspaper for a Long Island town the couple often visited.  To our neighbors:  What a beautiful fall! Everything shimmering and golden and all that incredible soft light. Water surrounding us.  Lou and I have spent a lot of time here in the past few years, and even though we&amp;#039;re city people this is our spiritual home.  Last week I promised Lou to get him out of the hospital and come home to Springs. And we made it!  Lou was a tai chi master and spent his last days here being happy and dazzled by the beauty and power and softness of nature. He died on Sunday morning looking at the trees and doing the famous 21 form of tai chi with just his musician hands moving through the air.  Lou was a prince and a fighter and I know his songs of the pain and beauty in the world will fill many people with the incredible joy he felt for life. Long live the beauty that comes down and through and onto all of us.  \u00E2\u20AC\u201D Laurie Anderson his loving wife and eternal friend Reed has received a number of tributes from stars including Arctic Monkeys and Morrissey. His classic album Transformer is expected to re-enter the UK Top 40 this Sunday. In pictures - the life and career of Lou Reed:  "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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