Duncan Sheik, Spring Awakening composer, dies at 56

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52 min agoDuncan Sheik, the singer-songwriter who scored a pop hit with "Barely Breathing" in the mid-1990s before finding his greatest success with the Broadway musical "Spring Awakening," has died at 56. He died of organ failure after being hospitalized earlier this week. Sheik and his longtime collaborator Steven Sater won Tony Awards and a Grammy for the 2006 rock musical.

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