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Name Dates Age Cause of Death
Fritz Kreisler
FRITZ KREISLER
= AUSTRIAN-born AMERICAN =
= Violinist and Composer =
Born: FRIEDRICH KREISLER
2 February 1875
Vienna, AUSTRIA-HUNGARY
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Died:
29 January 1962
New York City, New York, USA
86  
Jacques Ibert
JACQUES IBERT
= FRENCH =
= Composer =
Born: JACQUES FRANÇOIS ANTOINE IBERT
15 August 1890
Paris, FRANCE
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Died:
5 February 1962
Paris, FRANCE
71  
Roy Atwell
ROY ATWELL
= AMERICAN =
= Actor, Comedian and Composer =
Born: JOHN LEROY ATWELL
2 May 1878
Syracuse, New York, USA
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Died:
6 February 1962
New York City, New York, USA
83  
Bruno Walter
BRUNO WALTER
= GERMAN-born AMERICAN =
= Conductor, Pianist and Composer =
Born: BRUNO SCHLESINGER
15 September 1876
Berlin, GERMANY
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Died:
17 February 1962
Beverly Hills, California, USA
85 Heart Attack
ATILLA THE HUN
= CARIBBEAN =
= Calypso Singer =
Born: RAYMOND QUEVEDO
24 March 1892
Trinidad and Tobago
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Died:
22 February 1962
69  
Jean Goldkette
JEAN GOLDKETTE
= AMERICAN =
= Jazz Pianist and Bandleader =
Born: JOHN JEAN GOLDKETTE
18 March 1893
Valenciennes, FRANCE or
Patras, GREECE
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Died:
24 March 1962
Santa Barbara, California, USA
69 Heart Attack
Stu Sutcliffe
STU SUTCLIFFE
= BRITISH =
= former member of The Beatles =
Born: STUART STCLIFFE
23 June 1940
Edinburgh, Scotland, UK
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Died:
10 April 1962
Hamburg, GERMANY
22 Cerebral Paralysis
caused by a
Brain Hemmorrhage
Egon Petri
EGON PETRI
= DUTCH-AMERICAN =
= Pianist =
Born:
23 March 1881
Hanover, GERMANY
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Died:
27 May 1962
Berkeley, California, USA
91  
John Ireland
JOHN IRELAND
= ENGLISH =
= Composer and Teacher =
Born: JOHN NICHOLSON IRELAND
13 August 1879
Bowdon, Cheshire, UK
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Died:
12 June 1962
Rock Mill, Washington, Sussex, UK
82  
Sir EUGÈNE AYNSLEY GOOSSENS
= ENGLISH =
= Composer and Conductor =
Born:
26 May 1893
London, ENGLAND
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Died:
13 June 1962
Hillingdon Hospital in Middlesex, ENGLAND
69 Rheumatic Fever
and a
Haemorrhaging Gastric Ulcer
Alfred Cortot
ALFRED CORTOT
= SWISS-FRENCH =
= Pianist and Conductor =
Born: ALFRED DENIS CORTOT
26 September 1877
Nyon, Vaud, SWITZERLAND
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Died:
15 June 1962
Lausanne, SWITZERLAND
84  
Roger Wolfe Kahn
ROGER WOLFE KAHN
= AMERICAN =
= Jazz and Popular Musician, Composer, Bandleader =
Born: ROGER WOLFF KAHN
19 October 1907
Morristown, New Jersey, USA
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Died:
12 July 1962
Columbia Presbyterian Medical Centre,
New York City, USA
54 Heart Attack
Christie MacDonald
CHRISTIE MacDONALD
= CANADIAN-born AMERICAN =
= Musical Comedy Actress and Opera Singer =
Born:
28 February 1875
Pictou, Nova Scotia, CANADA
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Died:
25 July 1962
Fairfield, Connecticut, USA
87  
Hanns Eisler
HANNS EISLER
= AUSTRIAN =
= Composer =
Born:
6 July 1898
Leipzig in Saxony, GERMANY
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Died:
6 September 1962
East Berlin, GERMANY
64 Heart Attack
Solomon Linda
SOLOMON LINDA
= SOUTH AFRICAN =
= Zulu musician, singer and composer =
Born: SOLOMON POPOLI LINDA
1909
near Pomeroy, on the labor reserve Msinga,
Umzinyathi District Municipality in Ladysmith in Natal,
SOUTH AFRICA
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Died:
8 October 1962
Johannesburg, Gauteng, SOUTH AFRICA
53  
Kirsten Flagstad
KIRSTEN FLAGSTAD
= NORWEGIAN =
= Operatic Soprano =
Born: KIRSTEN MALFRID FLAGSTAD
12 July 1895
Hamar, NORWAY
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Died:
7 December 1962
Oslo, NORWAY
67 Bone Marrow Cancer
Harry Barris
HARRY BARRIS
= AMERICAN =
= Singer, Composer and Pianist =
Born:
25 November 1905
New York City, New York, USA
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Died:
13 December 1962
Burbank, California, USA
57 Cancerous Tumor
Ernest Kaai
ERNEST KA'AI
= HAWAIIAN/AMERICAN =
= Ukulele Virtuoso =
Born: ERNEST KALEIHOKU KA'AI
1881
Honolulu, Oahu, HAWAII
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Died:
1962
Miami, Florida, USA
   
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