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Mozza farewells superfan

Morrissey
May 6, 2010 Updated May 7, 2010

Morrissey has spoken out to mark the death of one of his most devoted fans, Melinda Hsu, who passed away last month.

For decades, Hsu was a fixture of Morrissey fanzines, message-boards, mailing lists and meet-ups...she was also a regular at concerts, travelling hundreds of miles to see Mozza at the mic.

A native of California, Hsu became such a familiar presence that Morrissey would often visit her in the front row, passing the microphone for a few words.

Her dedication to his music, Morrissey said, "was a declaration of love for which she seemed to save all of her strength, and which I could only ever repay with half-witted mumbles of thanks".

Source: The Guardian external link

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Steven Patrick Morrissey (born 22 May 1959), known as Morrissey, is an English singer and lyricist. He rose to prominence in the 1980s as the lyricist and vocalist of the alternative rock band The Smiths. The band was highly successful in the United Kingdom but broke up in 1987, and Morrissey began a solo career, making the top ten of the UK Singles Chart on ten occasions. Widely regarded as an...

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