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Singer Dies
February 4, 1985
Daily Sitka Sentinel
Sitka, Alaska

TEMPE, Ariz (AP) - Barbara C. Cowsill, one of the members of the 1960s soft-rock band the Cowsills, ahs died after a long illness. She was 56.

Mrs. Cowsill teamed up with her daughter and five of her sons to form the singing group while the family was living in Middletown, R.I.

Between 1967-70, the Cowsills recorded several hit songs including "The Rain, the Park and Other Things," "Indian Lake," "We Can Fly," plus the title song for the rock musical "Hair."

The group, which earned three gold records, also performed on several late-night talk shows and had their own televesion special in 1968.

Mrs. Cowsill moved to Arizona from California three years ago.

Services were held here Sunday for Mrs. Cowsill, who died Thursday at her Tempe home after a long illness, family members said.




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