Guitar Icon and Traditional Music Legend Arthel "Doc" Watson Dies at 89

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Arthel "Doc" Watson, a traditional music legend and the player most responsible for making the guitar a lead instrument in bluegrass, died today in Winston-Salem, N.C. at age 89. Watson was hospitalized after suffering a fall last week, and had been in critical condition since undergoing abdominal surgery on Thursday.

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