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Frank Zappa: The Present-Day Composer Refuses To Die(2000)
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Date: 2000-07-02
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Frank Zappa: The Present-Day Composer Refuses To Die is a 2000 documentary about Frank Zappa.
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Tom Fowler
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George Duke
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Dweezil Zappa
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Pierre Boulez
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Frank Zappa
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Frank Zappa: The Present-Day Composer Refuses To Die is a 2000 documentary about Frank Zappa.
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