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...DIED. LIONEL HAMPTON, 94, jazz vibraphone virtuoso whose exuberant performances and impeccable sense of swing won him the adoration of critics and crowds alike; in New York City. Originally trained as a drummer, Hampton first tried his hand at the vibraphone?an electronically enhanced xylophone?during a 1930 recording session with Louis Armstrong. Offstage, Hampton was an energetic campaigner for the Republican Party and a developer of low-income housing in Harlem...
...might have supplied paradoxical proof of supernatural powers, but the strongest evidence of the King's capacity to outwit the Grim Reaper lies in Elvis' art itself. He outwitted--outlived--the heartbreak he sang about even as he sang about it. Like Marlon Brando, his favorite actor and another virtuoso of feline virility, the King simultaneously performed and watched himself perform. The emotions he belted out never took him in. His sobs are more like a parody of sobs. Play I Want You, I Need You, I Love You, and listen to the second phrase nearly disappear under tones...
...might have supplied paradoxical proof of supernatural powers, but the strongest evidence of the King's capacity to outwit the Grim Reaper lies in Elvis' art itself. He outwitted - outlived - the heartbreak he sang about even as he sang about it. Like Marlon Brando, his favorite actor and another virtuoso of feline virility, the King simultaneously performed and watched himself perform. The emotions he belted out never took him in. His sobs are more like a parody of sobs. Play I Want You, I Need You, I Love You, and listen to the second phrase nearly disappear under tones...
...DIED. RAY BROWN, 75, jazz virtuoso known for his strong, imaginative bass lines; in New York City. An originator of bebop, a 1940s jazz style characterized by quick tempos and intricate harmonies, Brown also performed with Dizzy Gillespie and Charlie Parker. He was briefly married to Ella Fitzgerald in the late 1940s and remained her music director after their divorce...
...DIED. JOHN ENTWISTLE, 57, virtuoso bass player who cofounded The Who, of an apparent heart attack; in Las Vegas. One of the seminal British rock groups to emerge in the early 1960s, The Who were known for their stellar guitar playing, onstage mayhem, and for inventing the rock opera with the celebrated Tommy. The band members retired in 1982 but continued to reunite for tours. DIED. ANN LANDERS, 83, whose real name was Esther ("Eppie") Pauline Friedman Lederer; in Chicago. Landers' syndicated column delivered saucy advice on topics ranging from household problems, such as how to hang a toilet-paper...