The boy from a smog-drenched city who sang through addiction and into our hearts

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two different stories about how he got that nickname, some say it came from a childhood Cowboy game, while others believe it was inspired by the name of a local window cleaner.

Growing up in Sheffield in the 1950s meant being surrounded by smoke and soot every day. For those who lived there, it was simply life — but for outsiders, the scene could continue reading …

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