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  Amanda Palmer Foolishly Offers Morrissey Career Advice

  April 29, 2013 – Usually Amanda Palmer is content to crowd-source attention from the nameless, faceless masses, but now she's got her sights set on one of her heroes: Morrissey. …
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  Morrissey Slams Margaret Thatcher Media Coverage Before Divisive Prime Minister's Funeral

  April 17, 2013 – "Freedom fighter," declares the cover of the latest issue of The Economist, atop a photo of late U.K. Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher. The legendary newsmagazine has a cheeky house style when it comes to headlines and captions, so it's impossible the editors didn't know the old saying: One person's terrorist is another's freedom fighter. …
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  Morrissey Updates Scathing Margaret Thatcher Remarks With Even More Scathing Remarks

  April 9, 2013 – After news broke that former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher had passed away at the age of 87 on Monday (April 8), reactions ranged from respectful to celebratory. …
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  Morrissey Praises Margaret Thatcher in Reverent Statement — Just Kidding!

  April 8, 2013 – "People like you make me feel so tired. When will you die?," Morrissey asked on the Viva Hate track "Margaret on the Guillotine." The answer: April 8, 2013, as former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher passed away Monday at the age of 87. …
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  Doctors Tell Morrissey to Retire Following Severe Health Issues

  March 22, 2013 – Morrissey has shed some on the state of his health following a battery of ailments that led to the cancellation of his entire North American tour. He has been resting up near Mexico City, where he gave an interview to radio station Reactor 105.7. He explained that the ulcer, the Barrett's esophagus, and the double pneumonia are all related to internal bleeding that weakened his immunity and caused him to become anemic. …
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  Hear the Smiths, Young and Unsigned, in Rare, Raw 1983 Rehearsal Tape

  March 20, 2013 – As Smiths fans — whose ranks include Paramore's Hayley Williams — worry again about Morrissey's health, a treasure trove has surfaced that at least begins to make up for the latest bout of canceled solo tour dates. A tape recording of the Smiths rehearsing in a Machester warehouse in May 1983, when they were still an unsigned band, has hit YouTube, as Slicing Up Eyeballs reports. …
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  Morrissey Cancels Entire U.S. Tour (Again) Due to Medical Reasons

  March 15, 2013 – Due to medical reasons, Morrissey has canceled all remaining dates of his current North American tour — a run of dates that's been besot with nixings practically from the beginning. The first postponements came in October when he took a break to spend time with his ailing mother. …
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  Despite Pneumonia, Morrissey Pens Heartfelt Tribute to Deceased Superfan, Insults AOL

  March 15, 2013 – When we last heard from Morrissey on Monday, the singer was canceling yet another tour date, this time because he had been stricken by "double pneumonia." The illness forced the postponement of Morrissey's San Francisco concert, but he pledged he'd be healthy enough in time to headline last night's Vive Latino festival in Mexico City. That didn't happen. …
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  Morrissey Now Has Pneumonia in Both Lungs But Plans to Perform This Week

  March 11, 2013 – Stop us if you think you've heard this one before: That joke isn't funny anymore. In recent weeks, Morrissey was trying to turn Los Angeles' Staples Center meatless, and ducking out on late-night TV hosts over something called Duck Dynasty. …
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  Morrissey Triumphs at Staples Center Show, in Music Not Meat

  March 4, 2013 – "I never ever watch the news because I'm depressed enough," Morrissey said, then paused in front of a sold-out crowd at Los Angeles' Staples Center arena on Friday night. "But I was very sad to hear that the rhino is nearly extinct. And it's not because of global warming or a shrinking habitat. It's because of Beyoncé's handbags. …
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