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Dave Marsh Dies: Pioneering Rock Critic, Bruce Springsteen Biographer Was 76

Deadline · August 15, 2026 at 3:21 PM

Dave Marsh Dies: Pioneering Rock Critic, Bruce Springsteen Biographer Was 76

Dave Marsh, the influential and widely read rock critic for Creem, The Village Voice and Rolling Stone and the author of the foundational Bruce Springsteen 1979 biography Born to Run, died Friday, August 14, at his home in Connecticut.

He was 76.

His death, reported by Deadline sister publication Billboard and confirmed on Facebook by […]

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Dave Marsh, Legendary Rock Biographer and Critic, Dead at 76

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Dave Marsh, Bruce Springsteen Biographer and Rock Critic, Dies at 76

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Dave Marsh, Influential Critic, Activist, Broadcaster & Biographer of Bruce Springsteen, Dies at 76

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Dave Marsh Dies: Pioneering Rock Critic, Bruce Springsteen Biographer Was 76

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Dave Marsh, Legendary Rock Biographer and Critic, Dead at 76

Dave Marsh, Bruce Springsteen Biographer and Rock Critic, Dies at 76

Dave Marsh, Influential Critic, Activist, Broadcaster & Biographer of Bruce Springsteen, Dies at 76

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