Jazz Giant Artie Shaw Dies at Age 94
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Bandleader and clarinetist Artie  Shaw, famed for his recording of "Begin the Beguine" and one of  the giants of the swing era of jazz, died on Thursday at age  94, his manager Will Curtis said.
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Bennie Smith, a guitarist and St. Louis blues legend who played with stars like Chuck Berry and Ike and Tina Turner, died Sunday following a heart attack. He was 72.
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Johnny Frigo, a versatile jazz violinist and bassist who toured with Jimmy Dorsey and wrote a jazz standard recorded by Billie Holiday and Sarah Vaughn, has died, according to his son. He was 90.
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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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The debonair jazz pianist and composer of such legendary Broadway tunes as "Witchcraft," "Big Spender," and "The Best is Yet to Come," died on Thursday night.
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Artie Shaw, the famed bandleader of the 1930s swing era, has died at home today at the age of 94. His attorney says Shaw died of natural causes, and had been ill for some time.
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Actor Ossie Davis, who brought dignity  and a passion for racial equality to the stage and screen in a  career of more than 50 years, was found dead early on Friday at  the age of 87.
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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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The founder of the legendary Bowery punk-rock club died on Tuesday from lung cancer. He was 75.
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George Melly, the larger-than-life jazz star, has died at his home in London at the age of 80, his wife said Thursday.
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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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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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Artie Shaw, the jazz clarinetist and big-band leader, successfully challenged Benny Goodman's reign as the King of Swing in the late 1930's.
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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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Jackie Torrence, who overcame a speech impediment as a child to become a renowned storyteller, died Tuesday of an apparent heart attack, her sister said. She was 60.
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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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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.