Phil Everly of the Everly Brothers, rock 'n' roll icon, dies at 74 (BLOG)

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitPvNI4uwQfaKQQ8np9bMoIH5DE-QtZ_p6Q9IpVgVVW_hQ5akpxwSE60-kJ33IaVNpqZh9Q4i4UaSJHHYn46E6ED9MturDjIDzvm3Q5Eq0JsCRZ_P-8cDdxOiCAy72cptIHxIyZwTLQSM/s1600/124479461.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitPvNI4uwQfaKQQ8np9bMoIH5DE-QtZ_p6Q9IpVgVVW_hQ5akpxwSE60-kJ33IaVNpqZh9Q4i4UaSJHHYn46E6ED9MturDjIDzvm3Q5Eq0JsCRZ_P-8cDdxOiCAy72cptIHxIyZwTLQSM/s320/124479461.jpg" width="252" /></a></div><div style="border: 0px; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12px; line-height: 12px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Phil Everly, who with his brother Don set a standard for rock 'n' roll harmony that has not yet been matched, died Friday in Burbank after a long battle against chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. He was 74.</div><div style="border: 0px; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12px; line-height: 12px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">His wife Patti told the Los Angeles Times he contracted the disease from a lifetime of smoking.</div><div style="border: 0px; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12px; line-height: 12px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">The Everly Brothers were the only group among the first inductees to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1986.</div><div class="story-img" style="border: 0px; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12px; line-height: 12px; margin: 0px 0px 25px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; width: 635px;"><img alt="Phil Everly and wife Patti attend the ‘We're All For The Hall’ benefit concert for the Country Music Hall of Fame at the Sommet Center on Oct. 13, 2009, in Nashville, Tenn." src="http://assets.nydailynews.com/polopoly_fs/1.1566044.1388809856!/img/httpImage/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/landscape_635/91868453.jpg" style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; width: 635px;" title="Phil Everly and wife Patti attend the ‘We're All For The Hall’ benefit concert for the Country Music Hall of Fame at the Sommet Center on Oct. 13, 2009, in Nashville, Tenn." /><h4 class="credit" itemprop="copyrightHolder" style="border: 0px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 11px; margin: 0px 0px 5px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: right; text-transform: uppercase; vertical-align: baseline;">RICK DIAMOND/GETTY IMAGES</h4><h4 class="caption" itemprop="description" style="border: 0px; color: #111111; font-size: 13px; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 25px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Phil Everly and wife Patti attend the ‘We're All For The Hall’ benefit concert for the Country Music Hall of Fame at the Sommet Center on Oct. 13, 2009, in Nashville, Tenn.</h4></div><span style="border: 0px; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12px; line-height: 12px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><br /></span></div>

Phil Everly of the Everly Brothers, rock 'n' roll icon, dies at 74 (BLOG)

Phil Everly, who with his brother Don set a standard for rock 'n' roll harmony that has not yet been matched, died Friday in Burbank...

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