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Death metal grandma and holocaust escapee Inge Ginsberg has died at 99. Ginsberg became a beloved figure on the metal world when she discovered metal music in her 90s and formed a metal band called Inge & the TritoneKings. Inge & the TritoneKings exploded onto the metal scene when Ginsberg was 93. They released a video for “Totenköpften” (Laugh at Death), which references the frontwoman’s escape from the Holocaust during World War II. The Austrian-born woman didn’t just escape to a Swiss refugee camp as the war broke out, but she also helped pass messages between Italian resistance fighters an…