Jazz Giant Artie Shaw Dies at Age 94
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Jazz clarinetist Artie Shaw, famed for classic recordings of "Begin the Beguine" and "Oh, Lady Be Good" as well as turbulent marriages to movie stars Lana Turner and Ava Gardner, died on Thursday at age 94, his manager Will Curtis said.
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Jazz pianist and composer Oscar Peterson dies aged 82, according to Canadian media reports.
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Hollywood lost one of its music legends last night with the death of Elmer Bernstein, 82, an Oscar-winning composer who wrote the scores for more than 200 films over five decades, including such classics as The Magnificent ...
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One of the most famous American band leaders of the swing era, clarinettist Artie Shaw, dies aged 94.
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Artie Shaw, clarinetist and bandleader whose recording of "Begin the Beguine" epitomized the Big Band era, died at his home Thursday, orchestra manager Will Curtis said. He was 94. Shaw had been ill for some time, Curtis said, but he didn't know the specific cause of death.
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Ossie Davis, whose rich baritone and elegant, unshakable bearing made him a giant of the stage, screen and the civil rights movement &#151; often in tandem with his wife, Ruby Dee &#151; has died. He was 87.
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Artie Shaw, the clarinetist and bandleader whose recording of "Begin the Beguine" epitomized the Big Band era, died Thursday at his home. He was 94.
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Flamboyant jazz singer and author George Melly dies at his London home at the age of 80.
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Composer Elmer Bernstein, 82, who died of undisclosed causes Aug. 18 at his home in Ojai, Calif., wrote music for more than 200 movies.
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Oscar Peterson, whose early talent and speedy fingers made him one of the world's best known jazz pianists, died at age 82.
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Jazz legend Joe Zawinul, who soared to fame as one of the creators of jazz fusion and performed and recorded with Miles Davis, died early Tuesday, a hospital official said. He was 75.
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The late jazz artist Miles Davis is inducted onto Hollywood's RockWalk.
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Singer and author died at his London home, aged 80.
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Artie Shaw, the clarinetist and bandleader whose renditions of &quot;Frenesi,&quot; &quot;Begin the Beguine&quot; and &quot;Star Dust&quot; helped define America&#39;s swing era, died yesterday in Los Angeles after a long illness.
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The King of Cool, Miles Davis, was posthumously inducted into Hollywood's RockWalk on Thursday. The event was attended by musicians and members of the Davis family, including his son, Erin, and daughter, Cheryl.
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Artie Shaw, clarinetist and bandleader whose recording of "Begin the Beguine" epitomized the Big Band era, died Thursday at the age of 94, the manager of his orchestra said.
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Howard Keel, who sang and danced to stardom in the heyday of MGM musicals, died Sunday of colon cancer at his home in Palm Desert, Calif. He was 85.