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Harry Nilsson: Quick Facts

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Facts

Also Known As Harry Edward Nelson III
Born June 15, 1941 • New York City • New York
Died January 15, 1994 (aged 52)
Awards And Honors Grammy Award (1972) • Grammy Award (1969)
Notable Works “Nilsson Schmilsson” • “Son of Schmilsson”

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Harry Nilsson with tousled blond hair and a beard, wearing a dark jacket, stands outdoors near a tree with a blurred park background, photographed in 1972.
John Lennon, Anne Murray, Harry Nilsson, Alice Cooper, and Micky Dolenz pose closely together and smiling at the Troubadour club in Los Angeles in 1973.
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