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Not Dead Yet: A Book Review

Phil Collins is by a wide margin my favorite musician of all time, so when I heard that his autobiography was being released in October of 2016, I instantly started dropping hints to my wife. You see, she is always looking for gift ideas for me in December, as my birthday falls just 12 days before Christmas.  She got the hint, and I was overjoyed when I opened it up (I can't recall whether it was my birthday or Christmas), despite not being surprised.  The book did not disappoint.   Not Dead   Yet , as the name implies, is the witty telling of an interesting and sometimes dark life of one of the foremost pop/rock icons of the 20th century (he's one of only 3 people to have sold over 100 million albums solo and with a band; he shares this distinction with the likes of Paul McCartney and Michael Jackson). Whether you love his seminal "In the Air Tonight," or if you just know him from his climactic swan song "You'll Be in My Heart," you can appreciate this ...