Don McLean
Born | October 2, 1945 |
Hometown | New Rochelle, New York, United States of America |
Net worth | $50 million |
Height | 5'10" (1.78m) |
Spouse | Patrisha Shnier (m 1987 - 2016) , Carol Sauvion (m 1969 - 1976) |
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Waylon Jennings' Eerie Last Words to Buddy Holly Before His Death: 'I Hope Your Ol' Plane Crashes'
- Holly, Ritchie Valens and J.P. Richardson were famously killed in a plane crash on Feb. 3, 1959, which Don McLean dubbed "The Day the Music Died" in the 1971 classic "American Pie"
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Don McLean praises Taylor Swift for being a "force of nature".
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Don McLean isn't a 'happy person'
Don McLean is "fragile" and tries to avoid causing himself too much stress or exhaustion to stay in a healthy mental space.
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Don McLean defends his withdrawal from NRA conference after Uvalde shooting
McLean, 76, is best known for the 1971 hit American Pie.
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NRA benefit concert in Houston cancelled after performers quit, according to artist
Singer Jacob Bryant claimed the event is no longer taking place
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Don McLean drops out of NRA rally concert following Texas school shooting
‘In light of recent events in Texas, I have decided it would be disrespectful and hurtful for me to perform for the NRA’
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Don McLean will no longer perform at the NRA Convention 'in light' of the mass shooting in Texas
Don Mclean has dropped out of the National Rifle Association Convention line-up “in light of the second deadliest school mass shooting in US history.
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Don McLean calls Taylor Swift a 'major rock and roll force of nature'
Don McLean has heaped praise on Taylor Swift, calling her a "major rock and roll force of nature". Speaking to People, the 76-year-old singer was asked about the Red hitmaker after the ten-minute-long version of her song All Too Well beat his classic American Pie as the longest-in-length number one hit on the Billboard Hot 100 chart. "Taylor takes the whole new form of entertainment to the peak by making these phenomenal videos and records and doing these massive tours that are successful, and s
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Taylor Swift is a force of nature, says Don McLean
Don McLean has heaped praise on Taylor Swift, describing the singer as a "force of nature".
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Don McLean thinks asthma stopped him from 'drinking himself to death'
'American Pie' musician Don McLean has suggested having asthma as a child saved him from "drinking himself to death" in a "boring" job.
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Taylor Swift sends Don McLean flowers and gift after beating his Billboard chart record
Taylor Swift has been hailed as "classy" by Don McLean after she sent him flowers after beating his Billboard chart record.
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Don McLean thinks Taylor Swift needed better lawyer
Don McLean thinks Taylor Swift should have hired a better lawyer to have avoided a situation where she didn't own her own master recordings.
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