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This year's inductees were revealed live on American Idol, with the UK represented by hard rock band Bad Company and gravel-voiced eccentric Joe Cocker, 11 years after his death from lung cancer.

His next move was to sign gravel-voiced rapper DMX to the legendary rap label Def Jam Records.

In Sacramento as an Assembly member, the gravel-voiced Alatorre pushed through bills on prison reform, bilingual services and farmworker rights.

But when the Los Angeles Times visited his Cyprus operation in mid-February, he brimmed with his trademark gravel-voiced enthusiasm.

On Monday, the gravel-voiced 69-year-old scion of the storied Kennedy family is expected to add another line to his political resume: independent presidential candidate.