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Posted: Sun Jun 30 2002
Blues Singer Coughs Up Phlegm, Loses Career

Blues singer Chubby Melon, long admired for his gravely voice claimed in a press release Thursday that he is officially retiring from show business. His decision stems from a tragic cough syrup addiction that has had the effect of loosening the phlegm in his throat to the point where he coughed it up in the middle of a concert last week.

Witnesses to the event report that one minute he was singing in his trademark raspy voice and the next he was crooning in a smooth clear voice reminiscent of Big Crosby or Frank Sinatra. "If I can't sing the blues I jus' don't feel like singin'." Melon states in his press release, "And without the phlegm you can't sing the blues without soundin' like some honky wannabe."

Melon is entering treatment to kick the cough syrup habit and beginning a regimen of heavy smoking and milk drinking in hopes that someday he can return to the music he loves.

--Phillip Matanka

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