NEW YORK – Willy DeVille, a singer who was founder and principal songwriter of the punk group Mink DeVille, has died in New York City. He was 55.
Publicist Carol Kaye says he died of pancreatic cancer Thursday night at Cabrini Hospital.
She says the rock world has lost "another one of its influential pioneers."
Mink DeVille appeared in the 1970s at the legendary CBGB club in Greenwich Village. It was billed as one of the most original groups on the New York punk scene.
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