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==Death== Bangs died in New York City on April 30, 1982, at the age of 33; he was self-medicating a bad case of the flu and accidentally overdosed on [[dextropropoxyphene]] (an opioid analgesic), [[diazepam]] (a benzodiazepine), and [[NyQuil]].<ref name="wallace">Wallace, Amy; Manitoba, Handsome Dick. [https://books.google.com/books?id=HFKSxVpoPbMC&dq=%22Lester+Bangs%22+dead+OR+died+OR+death&pg=PA56 ''The Official Punk Rock Book of Lists'']. Hal Leonard. p. 56.</ref><ref>{{cite web |title = The Life and Work of Lester Bangs |work = The Guardian |url = https://www.theguardian.com/books/2002/apr/12/artsfeatures.music |date=April 12, 2002|access-date = July 31, 2014 |first = Nick |last = Kent}}</ref> Bangs appeared to be listening to music when he died. Earlier that day, he had bought a copy of ''[[Dare (album)|Dare]]'' by English synth-pop band [[the Human League]]. Later that night, a friend found him lying on a couch in his apartment, unresponsive. "''Dare'' was spinning on the turntable, and the needle was stuck on the end groove," Jim DeRogatis wrote in ''Let It Blurt'', his biography of Bangs.<ref name= Blurt />{{rp|233}}
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