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                    <p align="left"><font color="#CCCCCC" face="Arial"><b>3
                    March 2005<br>
                    </b><font size="4"><b>Chris Curtis 1942 - 2005&nbsp;</b></font></font></p>
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                    <img border="0" src="../archive/chriscurtis.jpg" align="left" width="228" height="295">Chris
                    Curtis, the original Searchers drummer has died at home in
                    Liverpool after a long illness.<br>
                    Chris, whose real name is Christopher Crummey, was with the
                    group from 1960 until 1966, when he left to be replaced by
                    John Blunt.&nbsp; It was Chris's drumming that can be heard
                    on all of the Searchers big hits, Needles and Pins, Sweets
                    For My Sweet, Sugar and Spice.</font></p>
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                    about the Cavern Club in an interview with Spencer
                    Leigh,&nbsp; Chris said that The Searchers did not play the
                    venue frequently.&nbsp; He maintained that the owner</font><font color="#CCCCCC" face="Arial">,&nbsp;
                    Ray McFall, personally disliked him and citied that as the
                    reason.<br>
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