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Les Brown
American bandleader, jazz musician, songwriter.
Born March 14th, 1912 in Reinerton. [ref]
Died January 4th, 2001 at 88 years old in Pacific Palisades (lung cancer). [ref]
Occupations
bandleader, composer, conductor, jazz musician, saxophonist
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I could just remember how my father used to say that the reason for living was to get ready to stay dead a long time. William Faulkner