Jazz musician Sir John Dankworth dies at 82 (AP)

Calendar February 7, 2010 | Posted by billspaced

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FILE - Sir John Dankworth plays his saxophone at Buckingham Palace, London, Thursday, March 2, 2006, after receiving a knighthood from the Britain's Queen Elizabeth II. British bandleader, composer and jazz saxophonist Sir John Dankworth has died. He was 82. His wife, jazz vocalist Dame Cleo Laine, announced his death during a concert at the theater they founded on the grounds of their Buckinghamshire home, northwest of London. Dankworth died Saturday Feb. 6, 2010, in a London hospital after having been ill for several months. (AP Photo/Andrew Parsons, Pool)AP – Sir John Dankworth, the British jazz composer, saxophonist and band leader, has died. He was 82.

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