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Singer, once rich, dead unfortunately (5,7)

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I believe the answer is:

eddie cochran

'singer' is the definition.
(American rock and roll musician)

'once rich dead unfortunately' is the wordplay.
'unfortunately' is an anagram indicator (a bad or unfortunate spelling).
'once'+'rich'+'dead'='oncerichdead'
'oncerichdead' is an anagram of 'EDDIE COCHRAN'.

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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