Watts
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André born 1946, U.S. concert pianist, born in Germany.
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George Frederick, 1817–1904, English painter and sculptor.
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Isaac, 1674–1748, English theologian and hymnist.
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George Frederick. 1817–1904, English painter and sculptor, noted esp for his painting Hope (1886) and his sculpture Physical Energy (1904) in Kensington Gardens, London
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Isaac. 1674–1748, English hymn-writer
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Oh yes, and drummer Charlie Watts, whose feel for groove helped define the group’s sound, died in 2021.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 14, 2026
“Foreign Tongues” also marks the band’s second LP with Steve Jordan handling drum duties in place of the late Charlie Watts.
From Salon ● Jul. 13, 2026
You also get a welcome appearance from the late Charlie Watts in a hard-thwacking performance recorded before his death in 2021.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 10, 2026
Watts, 22, said he had parked and left his vehicle for about 20 minutes when an opportunist smashed a window and found the laptop bag under his seat at Howard Place, Cardiff, on Tuesday night.
From BBC ● Jul. 2, 2026
Summertime riots had become an annual event in America’s inner cities, starting with the Los Angeles Watts conflagration in 1965, and the climate in Durham that spring was particularly volatile.
From "The Best of Enemies" by Osha Gray Davidson
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