Famed drummer and convicted murderer Jim Gordon dies at 77.
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Jim Gordon, a renowned session drummer who played with Eric Clapton and The Beach Boys, has died at the age of 77. Gordon was diagnosed with schizophrenia and went to prison for killing his mother in 1983. He was a member of the blues-rock supergroup Derek and the Dominos and played on their 1970 double album "Layla and Other Assorted Love Songs." Gordon was also a member of The Wrecking Crew, a group of Los Angeles-based session musicians who played on hundreds of hits in the 1960s and '70s.
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