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<strong>By Ian Bred, Norfolk Correspondent

Country music star Glen Spuckler has died peacefully at his Norfolk ranch at the age of 54, it has been announced.</strong>

Spuckler, famous for hits such as <em>By the Time I Get to Felixstowe</em>, <em>Scrap Metal Cowboy</em> and <em>Suffolk Nights</em>, was a pioneer of the legendary Norfolk country and western scene.



He famously left the family hovel near Downham Market as a penniless teenager, but he loved his music and was able to teach himself to play the banjo.

After jobbing gigs in <a href="http://www.suffolkgazette.com/news/norfolk-country-pub/">dodgy Norfolk country pubs</a>, he caught a lucky break and became the main summer attraction at Great Yarmouth pier for 18 summer seasons in a row.

Hits and television appearances on BBC Look East followed, and Spuckler was able to buy a sprawling ranch in Dereham (<em>see photo above</em>).

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He died at a grand old age - 54 being at the top end of average life expectancy in Norfolk.

Spuckler leaves his sister and their eight children, and funeral arrangements will be announced in the coming days.

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