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Pianist Esbjorn Svensson Dead at 44
Swedish jazz musician Esbjörn Svensson, 44 years old, died during a diving accident yesterday outside of Värmdö near Stockholm. He was in a company of divers on Saturday June 14th at a Swedish jetty/landing stage under supervision of a dive-leader when he was found severely injured at the bottom. Resuscitation was unsuccessful. The police will investigate ...
Bill Reichenbach: A Master Musician Kept His Life's Time in the Rhythm of Jazz
Bill Reichenbach never wanted to do anything except play the drums. When he was 5, he took apart a banjo and started beating out a rhythm on the soundbox. Through the years, he built a solid reputation as a steady rhythmic anchor at Washington nightclubs and for touring big bands. He was never well known beyond ...
Tim Russert Lion of Washington Press Corps
Tim Russert, the longest-serving moderator of NBC's “Meet the Press" and the lion of the Washington press corps, died of a sudden heart attack Friday. NBC's Tim Russert dies at 58, had an Irish gusto for politics leavened with civility. Russert had returned early from a family trip to Italy and was working at NBC's Washington ...
Danny Davis Founder of the Nashville Brass Dies
Founder of the Nashville Brass Danny Davis, 83, a bandleader and record producer who founded the Nashville Brass, died Thursday at a Nashville hospital after suffering a heart attack. A resident of Nashville, Davis began his music career as a trumpeter, playing in the brass sections of bands led by Les Brown, Gene Krupa ...
Breaking: Tim Russert 'Meet The Press' Dies
BREAKING NEWS: Washington Bureau Chief, 'Meet the Press' Moderator Collapsed on Job WASHINGTON - Tim Russert, NBC News' Washington bureau chief and the moderator of “Meet the Press," died Friday after being stricken at the bureau, NBC News said Friday. He was 58. Russert was recording voiceovers for Sunday's “Meet the Press" broadcast when he collapsed, ...
Bill Finegan Arranger for Dorsey, Miller Bands Dies
ORIGINAL, INVENTIVE: Bill Finegan wrote more than 300 arrangements for Glenn Miller, including “Little Brown Jug," “Sunrise Serenade" and “Song of the Volga." Nelson Riddle was his student. Bill Finegan, an architect of the big band sounds of Tommy Dorsey and Glenn Miller who later traded in commercial success to co-create the Sauter-Finegan Orchestra, which produced ...
'Wonderful Life' Boy Actor Dies at 75
Bob Anderson, who played the young George Bailey in the Christmas classic “It's a Wonderful Life," has died. He was 75. Anderson died Friday of cancer at his home in Palm Springs. Robert J. Anderson grew up in a Hollywood family. His father, Gene, was an assistant director and later a production manager. His ...
Bill Finegan, Arranger and Big-Band Leader, Dies
Bill Finegan, who arranged hits for Glenn Miller and Tommy Dorsey and then formed a big band with Eddie Sauter, another legendary arranger, that was famed for skill, daring and very, very odd instruments, died on Wednesday in Bridgeport, Conn. He was 91. The cause was pneumonia, said his son, James. Arrangers, the largely behind-the-scenes masterminds ...
Wide World of Sports Jim McKay Career
'Wide World of Sports' Host Dead at 86 Jim McKay, Host of ABC's 'Wide World of Sports' and 12 Olympics Has Died in Maryland Jim McKay longtime television sports journalist, has died of natural causes in Maryland, according to a statement from the McKay family. McKay is best known for hosting “ABC's Wide World ...
Jim McKay Veteran and Eloquent Sportscaster Dies
Jim McKay, longtime ABC sportscaster, who broke the news of the 1972 Munich Olympics tragedy to American television viewers, died today. He was 86. Jim McKay, the veteran and eloquent sportscaster thrust into the role of telling Americans about the tragedy at the 1972 Munich Olympics, has died. He was 86. McKay died today, said ABC, ...
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