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ALAN BERGMAN Obituary

BERGMAN--Alan S. Music lawyer and drummer died March 15, 2014. Born in Brooklyn; graduated Princeton and NYU law; loved jazz and played with the PJQ. A tireless advocate for his clients and a dedicated father, he is survived by loving daughters Jennifer and Leslie Bergman and by Dr. Pat Kirkish. Funeral at Plaza Jewish on March 19, 2014 at 12 noon. Donations to Dr. Cy Stein at COH Medical Center, 1500 E. Duarte Rd., Duarte, CA 91010.

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Published by New York Times on Mar. 18, 2014.

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Griffith deNoyelles

March 12, 2023

Alan was "responsible" for the best spontaneous one-liner I ever heard: back around the mid 1970's when I was still a law-clerk (and not yet admitted to the bar), my then boss shared office space with Alan. My desk was in the secretarial "bull pen." A hot summer day, the power went out - everything dark, and then almost immediately the power came back on. Alan came out of his private office into the bull-pen, snapped his finger and said, "damn, the governor's pardon didn't come thru..." and without another word, went back to his office.

Alan, like me was a student of old movies. Thank you Alan.

Pete Blue

March 20, 2014

A friend and fellow sideman since our late teens, Al gave me my first professional music gigs. We shared many good times and laughs. Always in my thoughts.

Stephen Seplow

March 18, 2014

With fond memories of many wonderful Cape Cod summers.

Ahmad Jamal

March 18, 2014

A valuable member of our artistic community will be missed.

His scholarly approach in answering inquiries that were sorely needed by many of us will not be replaced by lesser!!!

Griffith deNoyelles

March 18, 2014

40 years on by now and Alan remains the "author" of one of the best/quickest one-liner comment I ever heard. he and his gentle dry wit will be sorely missed

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