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Mary Weiss, leader of Sixties New York band Shangri-Las, has died at the age of 75. Her death was confirmed to Rolling Stone on Friday by Miriam Linna of Norton Records label, which released the singer’s only solo albumDangerous Game, in 2007. “Mary was an icon, a hero, a heroine, …

Mary Weiss, lead singer of the Shangri-Las on indelible hits such as “Leader of the Pack,” hasn’t released any music in 40 years — with the exception of some uncredited backing vocals on Aerosmith’s 1979 remake of “Remember (Walking in the Sand).” In fact, until last year she hadn’t even …