Jazz pianist Oscar Peterson dies
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Jazz pianist and composer Oscar Peterson dies aged 82, according to Canadian media reports.
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Bobby Fischer, the eccentric genius who became America's only world chess champion by humbling the Soviet Union's best but who spent his last years as a fugitive from U.S. authorities, has died at 64.
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Herbie Hancock, Nancy Wilson and others paid tribute to the jazz piano virtuoso Oscar Peterson at a free concert in Toronto.
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LOS ANGELES  - Elmer Bernstein, whose  eclectic film music ranged from the rousing theme of "The  Magnificent Seven" to the lighthearted score for "Thoroughly  Modern Millie," for which he won an Oscar, died Wednesday at  his home in Ojai, Calif. He was 82.
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Former world chess champion Bobby Fischer has died at the age of 64, Icelandic media reports
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Ellis Marsalis Sr., patriarch of the family of jazz greats that includes his grandsons Wynton and Branford, died over the weekend at the age of 96, a New Orleans funeral home said on Wednesday.
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Oscar-winning composer Elmer  Bernstein, who wrote some of Hollywood's most memorable music,  including scores for "The Magnificent Seven" and "Thoroughly  Modern Millie," has died at age 82, his publicist said on  Thursday.
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Legendary film composer Elmer Bernstein, who created the sprawling big-sky theme for &#39;The Magnificent Seven,&#39; and childlike notes for &#39;To Kill a Mockingbird,&#39; died Wednesday in his Ojai, CA home. He was 82.
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LOS ANGELES  - Elmer Bernstein, whose eclectic film music ranged from the rousing theme of &quot;The Magnificent Seven&quot; to the lighthearted score for &quot;Thoroughly Modern Millie,&quot; for which he won an Oscar, died Wednesday at ...
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Bobby Fischer, who became America's first and only world chess champion after defeating the Soviet Union's Boris Spassky at the height of the Cold War, has died at the age of 64.
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Legendary bandleader and jazz clarinettist Artie Shaw has died at the age of 94, after suffering from a lengthy illness. Born Arthur Jacob Arshawsky on May 23, 1910, in Manhattan, New York, Shaw was made famous
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Pianist Herbie Hancock and singer Nancy Wilson were among the stars taking the stage at a tribute concert celebrating the life of jazz legend Oscar Peterson whose piano wizardry inspired and influenced many.
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LOS ANGELES  - Anita O'Day, the last of the great jazz singers spawned by the swing era, died Thursday of cardiac arrest in Los Angeles. She was 87.
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British jazz singer and author George Melly died on Thursday at the age of 80, his wife Diana said in a statement.
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BEIJING, Aug. 20 (Xinhuanet) -- Oscar and Emmy winning film composer Elmer Bernstein died on Wednesday at the age of 82, according to China Radio International Friday.
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George Melly, a flamboyant, gravel-voiced jazz singer, critic and raconteur, died Thursday, his wife said. He was 80 years old.
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Eldar Djangirov's fingers flew across the ivories of the Steinway grand piano at Carnegie Hall as he romped through Oscar Peterson's "Place St. Henri," one of the tunes that first kindled his interest in jazz as a child prodigy in distant Kyrgyzstan.