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Donnie Iris, Pittsburgh’s Favorite Rocker, Who Scored Hits With the Jaggerz and as a Solo Artist, Dies at 83
Donnie Iris , regarded as Pittsburgh’s biggest hometown rock hero for a six-decade career that included hit singles in the 1960s and ’80s, died Monday at 83. He had been fighting bladder cancer for three years.
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Donnie Iris, celebrated as Pittsburgh’s biggest hometown rock hero, died Monday at age 83 after a three‑year battle with bladder cancer. His six‑decade career featured hit singles from the 1960s through the 1980s, most notably as a member of the Jaggerz. The group reached No. 2 on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1970 with “The Rapper,” a song about courting women rather than the later‑coined rap genre. Iris’s legacy spans his early band success and later solo work.
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