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Four Years After Death, Alex Chilton Is Finally A Big Star

Four years after his death, the former singer of the Box Tops and Big Star is enjoying a level of popular acclaim that eluded him in life. A new biography of Alex Chilton, A Man Called Destruction, follows on the heels of a successful documentary about Big Star released last year.

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Joel Rose is a correspondent on NPR's National Desk. He covers immigration and breaking news.