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Humphrey Lyttelton

English jazz trumpeter.

Born May 23rd, 1921 in Eton. [ref]

Died April 25th, 2008 at 86 years old in Barnet General Hospital (aortic aneurysm). [ref]

Occupations
autobiographer, bandleader, broadcaster, comics artist, composer, conductor, jazz musician, journalist, non-fiction writer, radio personality, trumpeter, writer
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