Eddie Cochran died at 21, but he will always be remembered, especially in his Minnesota hometown.
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Eddie Cochran, who was born in Albert Lea, died at 21 after a car crash in the U.K. (Contributed photo)
It’s a little early for the summertime blues unless, that is, you start thinking of a certain rock-and-roll star from Albert Lea.
That would be Eddie Cochran, who died way too young 61 years ago this month when the cab in which he was a passenger crashed on the way to the London airport. Cochran had just finished a concert tour of England with his friend and fellow rocker Gene Vincent.
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