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John Dankworth

John Dankworth

1927 - 2010

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LONDON (AP) - Sir John Dankworth, the British jazz composer, saxophonist and band leader, has died. He was 82. Jazz singer Dame Cleo Laine - who married Dankworth in 1958 after meeting during an audition for a spot with his band - announced her husband's death before the finale of an anniversary...

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