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Dec 18, 1999 · Grover Washington Jr., one of the most popular saxophonists working in the jazz-fusion idiom, died Friday evening after collapsing at a television taping in New York. He was pronounced dead at...
Death. On December 17, 1999, five days after his 56th birthday, Washington collapsed while waiting in the green room after performing four songs for The Saturday Early Show, at CBS Studios in New York City. He was taken to St. Luke's-Roosevelt Hospital, where he was pronounced dead at about 7:30 pm.
Dec 18, 1999 · Statement on the Death of Grover Washington, Jr. December 18, 1999. Hillary and I were saddened to learn of the death of Grover Washington, Jr., one of America's greatest musicians. I will always be grateful for the honor of playing saxophone with Grover back in 1993, after a White House jazz concert, and for the wonderful music he performed at ...
Dec 19, 1999 · Grover Washington Jr., the jazz saxophonist and composer who moved easily between mainstream jazz and pop fusions, died Friday night in New York City after taping four songs for a television...
Oct 7, 2023 · Grover Washington Jr died on December 17, 1999, at the age of 56. He was in New York City to tape a performance for CBS’s “The Saturday Early Show”. He played four songs that were supposed to air on the morning program. According to CBS News, he collapsed after finishing his last song, “Take Five”, a Dave Brubeck classic that he had made his own.
Statement on the Death of Grover Washington, Jr. December 18, 1999 Hillary and I were saddened to learn of the death of Grover Washington, Jr., one of Amer-ica’s greatest musicians. I will always be grateful for the honor of playing saxophone with Grover back in 1993, after a White House jazz concert, and for the wonderful music he performed at
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Dec 18, 1999 · NEW YORK, Dec. 17 -- Grover Washington Jr., the jazz saxophonist who was among the first young musicians to burst onto the jazz-funk scene, died tonight after collapsing at a television taping.
