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Few British artists are remembered with more affection than Ian Dury, whose original, highly individual and characteristically informal style lit up the pop scene through the three decades before his death in 2000. Born in Harrow, London, Dury was the son of a bus driver and former boxer, but his upbringing was blighted by polio, which struck him at the age of seven and left him seriously disabled. He studied at the Royal College of Art under Peter Blake - who designed the sleeve of the Beatles' Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band. Inspired by disabled rock star Gene Vincent, Du...