Packet 2: Tossup 11

This actor inspired the stage name of a hiphop producer who released Rap Album Two. The musical Words and Music (15[1])was the only film to credit this actor via his birth surname. This actor’s granddaughter is the guitarist (15[1])of the band Runaway June. The Discord ping sound ends a song titled for this actor that JPEGMAFIA produced for Denzel Curry. On a bus ride to Phoenix, (15[1])the protagonists of Smoke Signals sing about this actor’s teeth. (-5[1])“Living like he’s [this actor]” (15[1])is part of the chorus on a song titled for this actor from the self-titled debut album by (*) Cigarettes After Sex. Jonas Åkerlund (“OCK-er-lund”) directed a Thriller-like dance in the video for a Lady Gaga song titled for this actor. The phrase (10[1])“when I die” (10[1])follows a catchphrase delivered by this actor on the title track of a 1958 album that was the last to be released by its singer before his death on the “Day (10[1])the Music Died.” For (-5[1])10 points, Buddy Holly wrote (-5[1])“That’ll be the Day” after (-5[1])watching (10[1])what leading man in The Searchers? (10[1])■END■ (10[6]0[1])

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