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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Entertainment
Tim Sedgwick-Jell

Letter: Roy Bailey obituary

Roy Bailey performing in 1999.
Roy Bailey performing in 1999. Photograph: Nicky J Sims/Redferns

Roy Bailey was faced by his doctor with the choice of giving up music or academia. On one of the many occasions I heard him play live, Bailey recalled that, at his leaving party at Sheffield Hallam University, he entertained his vice-chancellor with a version of Frank Sinatra’s famous song with the refrain: “I did it his way”.

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