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Name Dates Age Cause of Death
HARRY SHIELDS
= AMERICAN =
= Musician =
Born:
30 June 1899
Uptown New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
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Died:
19 January 1971
71  
Harry Roy
HARRY ROY
= BRITISH =
= Bandleader =
Born: HARRY LIPMAN
12 January 1900
Stamford Hill, London, ENGLAND
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Died:
1 February 1971
London, ENGLAND
71  
Dock Boggs
DOCK BOGGS
= AMERICAN =
= Singer, Songwriter and Banjo Player =
Born: MORAN LEE BOGGS
7 February 1898
Norton, Virginia, USA
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Died:
7 February 1971
Needmore, Virginia, USA
73  
Thurston Dart
THURSTON DART
= ENGLISH =
= Musicologist, Conductor, Keyboard Player and =
= from 1964 until his death Professor of Music at King's College London =
Born: ROBERT THURSTON DART
3 September 1921
Surbiton, then part of Surrey, ENGLAND
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Died:
6 March 1971
The London Clinic, London, ENGLAND
49 Stomach Cancer
HAROLD McNAIR
= JAMAICAN-born =
= Saxophonist and Flute Player =
Born:
5 November 1931
Kingston, JAMAICA
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Died:
7 March 1971
Maida Vale, London, ENGLAND
39 Lung Cancer
Nan Wynn
NAN WYNN
= AMERICAN =
= Singer =
Born: MARSHA VATZ
8 May 1915
Johnstown, Pennsylvania, USA
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Died:
21 March 1971
Santa Monica, California, USA
55 Cancer
Karl King
KARL KING
= AMERICAN =
= Composer and Bandleader =
Born: KARL LAWRENCE KING
21 February 1891
Paintersville, Ohio, USA
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Died:
31 March 1971
Fort Dodge, Iowa hospital, USA
80 Acute Diverticulitis
Igor Stravinsky
IGOR STRAVINSKY
= RUSSIAN-born =
= Composer, Pianist, and Conductor =
Born: IGOR FYODOROVICH STRAVINSKY
17 June [O.S. 5 June] 1882
Oranienbaum, a suburb of Saint Petersburg, RUSSIA
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Died:
6 April 1971
New York, USA
88 Heart Failure
Carmen Lombardo
CARMEN LOMBARDO
= CANADIAN =
= Singer, Composer and Saxophonist =
Born:
16 July 1903
London, Ontario, CANADA
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Died:
17 April 1971
Miami, Florida, USA
67 Cancer
Edith Day
EDITH DAY
= AMERICAN =
= Actress, Singer and Dancer =
Born:
10 April 1896
Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
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Died:
1 May 1971
London, ENGLAND
75  
Marcel Dupre
MARCEL DUPRÉ
= FRENCH =
= Organist and Composer =
Born:
3 May 1886
Rouen (Normandy) FRANCE
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Died:
30 May 1971
Paris, FRANCE
85  
AMBROSE
= ENGLISH =
= Bandleader and Violinist =
Born: BENJAMIN BARUCH AMBROSE
11 September 1896
Warsaw, RUSSIA
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Died:
11 June 1971
Leeds, ENGLAND
74  
Libby Holman
LIBBY HOLMAN
= AMERICAN =
= Singer and Actress =
Born: ELIZABETH LLOYD HOLZMAN
23 May 1904
Cincinnati, Ohio, USA
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Died:
18 June 1971
Stamford, Connecticut, USA
67 Suicide due to acute carbon monoxide poisoning
Jim Morrison of The Doors
JIM MORRISON
= AMERICAN =
= Singer, Songwriter and Poet =
Born: JAMES DOUGLAS MORRISON
8 December 1943
Melbourne, Florida, USA
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Died:
3 July 1971
Paris, FRANCE
27 Hemorrhage in bathtub caused by tuberculosis
Louis Armstrong
LOUIS ARMSTRONG
= AMERICAN =
= Jazz Pioneer =
Born:
4 August 1901
New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
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Died:
6 July 1971
Corona, Queens, New York, USA
69 Heart Attack
LEROY ROBERTSON
= AMERICAN =
= Composer =
Born:
21 December 1896
Fountain Green, Utah, USA
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Died:
25 July 1971
74  
LESLIE KONG
= CHINESE-JAMAICAN =
= Record Producer =
Born:
1933

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Died:
9 August 1971
38 Heart Attack
King Curtis
KING CURTIS
= AMERICAN =
= Jazz and Blues Musician =
Born: CURTIS MONTGOMERY
7 February 1934
Fort Worth, Texas, USA
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Died:
13 August 1971
New York City, New York, USA
37 Murdered,
stabbed during an argument with a pair of drug dealers
Tab Smith
TAB SMITH
= AMERICAN =
= Saxophonist =
Born: TALMADGE SMITH
11 January 1909
Kinston, North Carolina, USA
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Died:
17 August 1971
St. Louis, Missouri, USA
62  
Ted Lewis
TED LEWIS
= AMERICAN =
= Singer and Bandleader =
Born: THEODORE LEOPOLD FRIEDMAN
6 June 1890
Circleville, Ohio, USA
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Died:
25 August 1971
New York City, New York, USA
81  
Lil Armstrong
LIL HARDIN ARMSTRONG
= AMERICAN =
= Jazz Pianist, Composer, Arranger, Singer, and Bandleader =
= Second wife and Musical Collaborator of Louis Armstrong =
Born: LILLIAN HARDIN
3 February 1898
Memphis, Tennessee, USA
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Died:
27 August 1971
Chicago, USA
73  
BOLA DE NIEVE
= CUBAN =
= Singer, Pianist, and Songwriter =
Born: IGNACIO JACINTO VILLA FERNÁNDEZ
11 September 1911
Guanabacoa, La Habana, CUBA
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Died:
2 October 1971
Ciudad de México, MEXICO
60  
Sean O Riada
SEÁN Ó RIADA
= IRISH =
= Composer and Bandleader =
Born: JOHN REIDY
1 August 1931
Cork, IRISH FREE STATE
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Died:
3 October 1971
London, ENGLAND
40 Cirrhosis of Liver
Gene Vincent
GENE VINCENT
= AMERICAN =
= Singer and Musician =
Born: VINCENT EUGENE CRADDOCK
11 February 1935
Norfolk, Virginia, USA
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Died:
12 October 1971
Newhall, California, USA
36 Stomach Ulcer
Carl Ruggles
CARL RUGGLES
= AMERICAN =
= Composer =
Born: CHARLES SPRAGUE RUGGLES
11 March 1876
Marion, Massachusetts, USA
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Died:
24 October 1971
Bennington, Vermont, USA
95 After a long illness

DUANE ALLMAN
= AMERICAN =
= Guitarist and Session Musician =


= co-founding member of =
= The Allman Brothers Band {1969-1971} =
Born: HOWARD DUANE ALLMAN
20 November 1946
Nashville, Tennessee, USA
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Died:
29 October 1971
Macon, Georgia, USA
24 Motorcycle Accident
Ann Pennington
ANN PENNINGTON
= AMERICAN =
= Actress and Dancer =
Born:
23 December 1893
Wilmington, Delaware, USA
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Died:
4 November 1971
New York City, New York, USA
77 Stroke
Junior Parker
JUNIOR PARKER
= AMERICAN =
= Blues Musician =
Born: HERMAN PARKER, Jr.
27 March 1932
Near Bobo, Coahoma County, Mississippi, USA
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Died:
18 November 1971
Blue Island, Illinois, USA
39 Brain Tumour

ZEZ CONFREY
= AMERICAN =
= Popular Composer and Pianist =
Born: EDWARD ELZEAR CONFREY
3 April 1895
Peru, Illinois, USA
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Died:
22 November 1971
Lakewood, New Jersey, USA
76 After suffering for many years from Parkinson's disease
CHARLIE FUQUA
= AMERICAN =
= Singer =


= member of =
= The Ink Spots {1934-1952} =
Born:
20 October 1910

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Died:
21 December 1971
New Haven, Connecticut
61  
Max Steiner
MAX STEINER
= AUSTRIAN-born AMERICAN =
= Composer =
Born: MAXIMILIAN RAOUL STEINER
10 May 1888
Vienna, AUSTRIA-HUNGARY (now AUSTRIA)
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Died:
28 December 1971
Hollywood, California, USA
83  
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