# Video Killed the Radio Star.  Any real life examples?

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**Created:** [February 6, 2017, 7:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/video-killed-the-radio-star-any-real-life-examples/779186 "2017-02-06T19:46:42Z")\
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**Post date:** [January 29, 2018, 2:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/video-killed-the-radio-star-any-real-life-examples/779186/61 "2018-01-29T02:51:23Z")

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> [@Projammer](#):
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> [Buggles - Video killed the radio star (1979)](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Iwuy4hHO3YQ)
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> The title sums it up. Are there any examples of someone not surviving the transition of radio to television or movies? Surely there was someone with an amazing voice and a face that would stop a clock.

Going just by the last sentence in the OP, Susan Boyle would seem to qualify.

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