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AM Prep-Music LLOYD PRICE DIES NEW YORK (AP) - The man behind hits like “Lawdy Miss Clawdy,” “Stagger Lee” and “Personality” has died. Lloyd Price died at a long-term care facility in New Rochelle, New York, of complications from diabetes last Monday, according to his wife. He was 88. Price wrote “Lawdy Miss Clawdy” based on a local DJ’s favorite catchphrase. He wrote the song “Stagger Lee” about a real-life 19th century fight between two Black men over a game of dice that ended with one man dead. When “Stagger Lee” became a hit in 1959, Dick Clark thought the song ...