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Very sad. I remember discovering Ken Nordine in c. 2004 via free tracks on music promotion site betterpropaganda (sadly no more it seems). One song I found in 2008 focused on something near my hometown in England and so I dropped him a line via his wordjazz.com website and he replied:

“It's true. I did do a series many years ago called Incredibile But True, stories clipped from old newspapers by a sax player by the name of Dean Shaeffer. Dean had hopes of getting rich quick, but early TV took the spotlight away from radio. Strangely every now and then someone puts one of the Incredible But True shows on YouTube. If you search my name, you will find 14 things I have put of YouTube myself. Give a look.

Ken Nordine”

Simpler, better times! Down the Drain is still my favourite of his tracks. RIP