Lou Reed, ‘Walk on the Wild Side’ Rocker, Dies at 71
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Lou Reed, a New York-based rock musician who co-founded the Velvet Underground and wrote and sang “Walk on the Wild Side,” has died. He was 71.
He died yesterday at a hospital in Southampton, New York, his literary agent Andrew Wylie said in a telephone interview. The cause was complications from a liver transplant, which he received in May at the Cleveland Clinic.