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Charlie Parker, jazz master, dies 60 years ago this hour (Mar 12 1955)

March 12, 20151950s, Popular Music 1950sadmin


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(Saturday, March 12, 1955, 8:15 p.m. EST) — Legendary jazz musician Charlie “Bird” Parker died tonight in New York City of heart failure. Known as the inventor of bebop, Parker was 34.

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