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The most common mistake made about Roy Orbison is to confuse his life with his music. While the cataclysmic series of personal horrors he endured (the death of his wife in a motorcycle accident, the later house fire that stole two sons) have added even more wrenching depth to his heartbreak masterpieces, they were written earlier: Orbison was pop's greatest tragedian long before his life caught up with his art. Another mistake is to focus solely on that voice - soaring, versatile and sublimely moving though it is - and forget what an extraordinary songwriter he was.

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