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Musicians Who Died in December 1949

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  • Dec 2 Albert Ammons, American jazz, blues, and boogie-woogie pianist, dies at 42

Lead Belly (1888-1949)

Dec 6 American blues 12-string guitarist (Rock Island Line), dies of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis at 64

Lead Belly
  • Dec 17 David Stanley Smith, American composer (Merrymount), dies at 72
  • Dec 28 Ivie Anderson, American swing jazz singer (Duke Ellington Orchestra, 1931-42), dies of complications from chronic asthma at 45 [1]


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