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Chuck Berry was 'a magical man', close friend says
19 March 2017 Last updated at 08:21 GMT
Chuck Berry was a "magical man" who was "enthusiastic about life", according to his close friend Joe Edwards.
He was speaking to BBC Radio 5 Live after the singer's death at the age of 90.
Joe, who owns the Blueberry Hill restaurant and music club in St Louis, Missouri, became friends with Chuck Berry in the early 1980s after first meeting him two decades earlier.