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A-ha icon Terry Slater dies aged 85: ‘The most important person in our career’
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What happenedHe was a big name in music back in the day.
The headline splitThe left frames it as "A-ha icon Terry Slater dies aged 85: ‘The most important person in our career’". The right frames it as "A-ha icon dies aged 85 as band member pays tribute to group's 'most important person'".
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Left / center-leftA-ha icon Terry Slater dies aged 85: ‘The most important person in our career’
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Right / center-rightA-ha icon dies aged 85 as band member pays tribute to group's 'most important person'
A-ha icon dies aged 85 as band member pays tribute to group's 'most important person'
The first manager of A-ha, Terry Slater, has died aged 85 as tributes as have poured in. The Norwegian band was founded by Paul Waaktaar-Savoy, Magne Furuholmen and Morten Harket in 1982, a...
