Chuck Negron was the long-haired, mustached lead singer on the Three Dog Night superhits "Joy to the World, " "Old Fashioned Love Song, " "Easy to Be Hard, " "Pieces of April, " and many others.

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The base of the column is currently surrounded by fencing after pieces of stone fell from the statue in April 2012 and again in December.

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