What the hell, Minneapolis Star Tribune?
We need to talk, Star Tribune:
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We need to talk, Star Tribune:
Jimmy Ruffin has died.
Amongst his many other musical accomplishments, let's never forget that he took on Thatcher, on the side of the miners, when he joined Weller's Council Collective to raise funds for the strikers (while putting their side of the story):
(In obituaries this morning, the BBC is coyly describing this as "a charity single" rather than a political act.)
But this... this is what he'll be best remembered for:
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