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AM: Singer Ciccone, 70, RIP

In this May 13, 2012, file photo, former members of the Four Seasons, from left, Don Ciccone, Lee Shapiro, Jimmy Ryan, Gerry Polci, Larry Gates and Russ Velazquez sing inside a studio in Fair Lawn, N.J. Ciccone, the lead singer and songwriter of The Critters who later joined Frankie Valli’s Four Seasons from 1973 through 1981 before becoming the musical director and bassist for Tommy James and the Shondells, died last week in Ketchum. He was 70. Story here. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez, File)



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D.F. (Dave) Oliveria joined The Spokesman-Review in 1984. He currently is a columnist and compiles the Huckleberries Online blog and writes about North Idaho in his Huckleberries column.

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