Music World Lost Many Voices In 1999

Mel Torme, Dusty Springfield, Charles Brown, Boxcar Willie, Milt Jackson, Curtis Mayfield, Grover Washington Jr., and Hoyt Axton were among the best-known members of the musical community to die in 1999. But death claimed many others who made contributions, big and small, to all styles of music. / Read more

Grover Washington, Jr., Dead After Apparent Heart Attack

Jazz saxophonist Grover Washington, Jr. [ tickets ], died in a New York hospital Friday evening after apparently suffering a heart attack. Washington, who was 56 years old, collapsed in a dressing room after taping a short performance for the CBS television program "Early Show." / Read more

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