Drummer Charlie Watts, Rolling Stones backbone, dies at 80

LONDON: Charlie Watts, the self-effacing and unshakeable Rolling Stones drummer who helped anchor one of rock's greatest rhythm sections and used this job to support his enduring love of jazz, has died. He was 80.

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