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William Claxton, 1928-2008

October 14, 2008

Word has just come in that William Claxton died on Saturday in Los Angeles of congestive heart failure. He was eighty. With his pictures of Chet Baker in the early 1950s, Claxton established himself as a brilliant photographer of jazz musicians and went on to a career as one of the most admired camera artists in ...

William Claxton Photographer Helped Make Chet Baker Famous

October 13, 2008

William Claxton, the master photographer whose images of Chet Baker helped fuel the jazz trumpeter's stardom in the 1950s and whose fashion photographs of his wife modeling a topless swim suit were groundbreaking years later, has died. He was 80. Claxton died from complications of congestive heart failure Saturday morning at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los ...

Jazz Photographer William Claxton Passes Away

October 13, 2008

Gone with the Ages the Coconut Grove

October 13, 2008

The Ambassador Hotel lesson Demolishing such iconic buildings not only destroys history, it wastes resources. By Diane Keaton Last week, I drove past the 22-acre vacant lot once known as the Ambassador Hotel. As I looked at the rubble of our lost cause, I pulled over, sat back and gave in to ...

Jazz Musician Alfred Gallodoro Dies in NY

October 12, 2008

Owner of Rusty's Cafe, 'Queen of Toledo Jazz' Dies at Fla. Care Center

October 12, 2008

Margaret “Rusty" Monroe, 89, the centerpiece of Toledo's jazz scene for decades and whose club, Rusty's Jazz Cafe, became a landmark, died yesterday afternoon at a Punta Gorda, Fla., nursing care center. She died from complications of a fall more than a week ago at her home in Punta Gorda. She'd been dealing with cancer for ...

Lloyd Thaxton TV Dance Show Host, Dies at 81

October 7, 2008

What came to be 'The Lloyd Thaxton Show' began in 1959 and was nationally syndicated in 1964. Amid the dancing teenagers and guest appearances was his unique brand of zany humor. Lloyd Thaxton, the host of a popular Los Angeles TV dance show in the 1960s who memorably injected a visual zaniness into his daily rock ...

Nick Reynolds Founding Member of the Kingston Trio Dies

October 2, 2008

In the 1950s, the group helped drive the folk music revival that paved the way for such artists as Bob Dylan and Peter, Paul and Mary. Nick Reynolds, who as a college student grabbed a guitar, donned a broad-striped button-down shirt and quickly helped propel the 1950s folk music revival to the top of the pop ...

Norman Hedman, 63, Conga Master, Dies

October 2, 2008

Master Conguero, Percussionist, Producer, Composer, Solo Artist July 17, 1945 - September 29, 2008 NEW YORK, New York - October 2, 2008 -- Norman Hedman, whose mastery of crossing more than three decades of music genres and generations, died at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center in New York on Monday, September 29 at the age of 63. ...

Legendary Film Star Paul Newman Dies at 83

September 27, 2008

Paul Newman, the legendary movie star and irreverent cultural icon who created a model philanthropy fueled by profits from a salad dressing that became nearly as famous as he was, has died. Newman died Friday at his home near Westport, Conn., after a long battle with cancer, publicist Jeff Sanderson said. He was 83. Stunningly handsome, ...