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Blues Legend Hubert Sumlin Dies At 80 [VIDEO]
Legendary blues man Hubert Sumlin died yesterday (December 4th) at the age of 80 due to heart failure. Sumlin was part of Howlin' Wolf's band, playing lead guitar for him and then continuing on as band leader after Wolf died in 1976. Sumlin was one of an increasingly small number of original Delta and Chicago blues pioneers.