John Dankworth

British musician (1927-2010).

Born September 20th, 1927 in Walthamstow.

Died February 6th, 2010 at 82 years old in King Edward VII's Hospital (kidney failure, liver failure). [ref]

Occupations
actor, bandleader, clarinetist, composer, film score composer, jazz musician, saxophonist, university teacher
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Life is so beautiful that death has fallen in love with it, a jealous, possessive love that grabs at what it can. But life leaps over oblivion lightly, losing only a thing or two of no importance, and gloom is just a passing shadow of a cloud. Yann Martel