Music world mourns as skiffle legend Lonnie Donegan dies

KING of skiffle Lonnie Donegan has died after collapsing midway through a UK tour.

Music world mourns as skiffle legend Lonnie Donegan dies

The star, whose hits included Cumberland Gap and My Old Man's A Dustman, was with his wife and son when he died in Peterborough in the early hours of Monday morning.

Donegan, who had suffered a series of heart attacks, had been complaining of back trouble shortly before he fell ill in the morning.

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