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  • John Entwistle Items Sold At Auction, Includes Prank Skeletons, Pinball Machine

    04/23/2005 4:23:46 PM PDT · by Land_of_Lincoln_John · 23 replies · 694+ views
    CBS 2 Chicago ^ | Apr 23, 2005 | AP
    LONDON (AP) John Entwistle's skeleton has sold at auction. Actually, both of them. A pair of skeletons said to have been used by The Who bassist to play pranks on houseguests sold for $840 at an auction near his home in England, the BBC reported. On sale were more than 700 items that belonged to Entwistle, who died at 57 after a heart attack in June 2002. A pinball machine fetched $2,800, no doubt thanks to The Who's classic song "Pinball Wizard." Other items revealed Entwistle's eccentric tastes: A snakeskin-covered tambourine went for $305 and a stained-glass chess board decorated...