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 darryl grant cotton singer-songwriter , actor , television presenter
darryl cotton

darryl grant cotton -lrb- 4 september 1949 27 july 2012 -rrb- was an australian pop , rock singer-songwriter , television presenter and actor .
he was a founding member of australian rock group zoot in 1965 , with beeb birtles , and were later joined by rick brewer and rick springfield .
as a solo artist cotton released the albums , `` best seat in the house '' -lrb- 1980 -rrb- , `` it 's rock 'n' good fun '' -lrb- 1984 -rrb- and `` let the children sing '' -lrb- 1994 -rrb- .
in april 1980 his biggest solo hit , `` same old girl '' , which was co-written by cotton , peaked at no. 6 on the australian kent music report singles chart .
he acted in the tv soap opera , `` the young doctors '' -lrb- 1979 -rrb- , and on stage as joseph in the theatre production of `` joseph and the amazing technicolour dreamcoat '' -lrb- 1983 -rrb- .
he presented tv shows , `` summer rock '' -lrb- 1979 and 1980 -rrb- and `` the early bird show '' -lrb- 1985 to 1989 -rrb- .
in 1996 he formed burns cotton & morris with fellow 1960s pop singers , ronnie burns and russell morris .
in 2000 burns retired from the trio and , with jim keays , they became cotton keays & morris .
in may 2012 , cotton was diagnosed with liver cancer and died on 27 july 2012 , aged 62 .
