MELVIN-FIELDS-Obituary

MELVIN FIELDS

Miami, Florida

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FIELDS, MELVIN, a Jazz Musician. July 30, 1922 - April 14, 2011 Mel Fields, who spent the majority of his life in New York City but later years in Miami was born in Elizabeth, New Jersey, to the late Louis Bernfeld and Mildred Schoenkopf. Mel's father Louis immigrated to the United States, via...

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Miami has changed a lot since you left us. You're remembered and missed by all that knew you. Your nephew Paul is now with you at the Jazz Club in the sky. It's also baseball season now Mel.... Go Mets....!

I was sorry to hear of Mel's demise although I did not know him well.

I miss you so much my dear husband.

Mel and Cleopatra

I had the good pleasure of meeting Mel around 1996 in Miami. We became good friends and I would visit him and his wife Donna each year and would stay at their wonderful home in Miami. When his wife called and told me Mel was sick and was on oxygen 24/7, I flew to Miami in late January of this year to say goodbye to him. I am SO glad I made that trip and was able to spend 10 days with him, his wife, companion pet Cleo and his nephew who also came from Thailand to also say goodbye. Mel was...