Sax player Randolph dies at 80
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Saxophonist Boots Randolph, best known for playing Benny Hill's signature theme tune Yakety Sax, dies aged 80.
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Danny Flores, who played the saxophone and shouted the word "tequila!" in the 1950s hit song "Tequila!", has died. He was 77.
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NEW YORK (Billboard) - Randy Hubbard Parker, the son of Simone G. Parker and rap star KRS-One, was found dead in his Atlanta apartment this past weekend. The Fulton County Atlanta Medical Center lists the cause of death as a suicide. He was 23.
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Tata Guines, Cuba's most famous percussionist, dies of a kidney infection in Havana, aged 77.
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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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Oscar-winning motion picture composer Elmer Bernstein has died after a lengthy illness. He was 82. A spokesman says Mr. Bernstein died Wednesday at his Ojai, California home near Los Angeles.
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Ahmet Ertegun, who helped define American music as the founder of Atlantic Records, a label that popularized the gritty R&amp;B of Ray Charles, the classic soul of Aretha Franklin and the British rock of the Rolling Stones, died Thursday at 83, his spokesman said.
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Joe Zawinul, the jazz keyboardist who soared to fame as one of the creators of jazz-rock fusion with the band Weather Report, has died, a hospital official said. He was 75.
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American jazz singer Anita O'Day, a star of the Big Band era, dies in Los Angeles at the age of 87.
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Guitarist Hank Garland, who worked with Elvis Presley and Roy Orbison, dies at the age of 74.
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Porter Wagoner, the rhinestone-clad Grand Ole Opry star who helped launch the career of Dolly Parton by hiring her as his duet partner, died Sunday. He was 80.
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Famed American composer Elmer Bernstein passed away at his home in Ojai, Calif on Aug. 18, 2004, his publicist said on Thursday. The family said Mr.
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Jack Nicklaus and Arnold Palmer led   the tributes for golfing great Byron Nelson, who died at his   ranch in Texas on Tuesday at the age of 94.
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Hank Garland, the guitarist whose career included work with Elvis Presley, the Everly Brothers, Roy Orbison and Patsy Cline, has died.
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American opera singer Jerry Hadley dies at the age of 55, eight days after an apparent suicide attempt.
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Oscar Peterson, who sat atop the world  of jazz piano for decades with his driving two-handed swing,  technical wizardry and rapid-fire solos, died on Sunday of  kidney failure, the Canadian Broadcasting Corp reported. He was  82.
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Oscar Peterson, who sat atop  the world of jazz piano for decades with his driving two-handed  swing, technical wizardry and rapid-fire solos, has died, a  friend of the musician said on Monday. He was 82.