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Music

Edwin Starr, RIP

Brian Doherty | 4.2.2003 11:07 AM

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He sang the song that launched a thousand headline references. In the midst of the latest (and sadly not last) attempt to answer his timeless musical question, Edwin "War! Good God, ya'all! What is it good for? Absolutely nothing! Say it again!" Starr has passed away.

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Brian Doherty was a senior editor at Reason and author of Ron Paul's Revolution: The Man and the Movement He Inspired (Broadside Books).

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