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Richard Lloyd, whose dueling guitar animated the band Television, has died at 75

Television got its start at the same downtown New York club that later launched the Talking Heads and the Ramones, and guitarist Richard Lloyd helped create its intricate, guitar-driven sound.

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Christopher Intagliata is a senior editor at All Things Considered, where he writes news and edits interviews with politicians, musicians, restaurant owners, scientists and many of the other voices heard on the air.
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