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Bruce Gary, born April 7, 1951 in Burbank, California, was an American drummer, best known for his work with The Knack.

In addition to his work as a drummer, Gary achieved recognition as a producer — recording new albums with The Ventures and co-producing, along with Alan Douglas, a series of seminal archival recordings of Jimi Hendrix including the Blues compilation.

Bruce Gary died on August 22, 2006 at the Tarzana Regional Medical Center in Tarzana, California of Non-Hodgkin lymphoma; he was 55.