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Glory Days, Springsteen and Joe DePugh

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Joe DePugh, a grade-school friend of Bruce Springsteen forever immortalized in his 1984 hit “Glory Days” as the baseball player who “could throw that speedball by you,” died of cancer in Florida.
From Rolling Stone
DePugh, who helped inspire “Glory Days” — Springsteen’s rollicking, yet bittersweet ode to youthful memories on his mega-selling 1984 album “Born in the U.S.A.” — died of cancer in Florida this week ...
From The New York Times

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