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Sunday, January 5, 2014

The infighting and hard feelings between the Everly Brothers were well-known, but surviving brother Don Everly felt he had a special moment with his brother Phil before Phil’s passing Friday - even if the two weren’t together at the time.“I was listening to one of my favorite songs that Phil wrote and had an extreme emotional moment just before I got the news of his passing,” Don Everly wrote in a statement Saturday morning. “I took that as a special spiritual message from Phil saying goodbye. Our love was and will always be deeper than any earthly differences we might have had.” Phil Everly died Friday in California from chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. He was 74. They brought their love of country music to rock ’n’ roll in the 1950s and 1960s, transforming the pop charts of the day and inspiring legions of young rockers like The Beatles, Bob Dylan and the Byrds. The two broke up amid quarrelling in 1973 after 16 years of hits, then reunited in 1983, “sealing it with a hug,” Phil Everly said. Don Everly said he didn’t expect to see the day his brother would pass. “I always thought I’d be the one to go first,” the 76-yearold wrote.

Pop star Ke$ha has checked into a rehabilitation center for treatment for an eating disorder. The “Tik Tok” singer said in a statement provided by her spokesman Friday that she would be unavailable for the next 30 days while she seeks treatment for an undisclosed eating disorder. “I’m a crusader for being yourself and loving yourself, but I’ve found it hard to practice,” she said. The 26-year-old vegetarian pop star said she wants to “learn to love myself again, exactly as I am.” No other details were provided. Ke$ha, whose real name is Kesha Rose Sebert, is the performer of such tunes as “Crazy Love,” “Die Young” and “Timber” with Pitbull. She starred in the MTV reality series My Crazy Beautiful Life.

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