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The patron saint of Key West killed a man last night.
Police in Steamboat Springs, Colorado say two men snapped and beat a 37-year-old Army sergeant to death after he played Jimmy Buffett’s insufferable classic on the jukebox.
A Steamboat Springs police official told the Denver Post that Sgt. 1st Class Richard Lopez “was obviously enjoying the song, and that upset the two other patrons.” A fistfight spilled out into the street, and Lopez was killed.
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