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    He's actually a huuuuge name in jazz circles. That's a very significant death. Not as big as Christopher Lee's, but bigger than Ron Moody's.
    Indeed a huge name (I'm a musicals fan so I'll disagree on Moody ha ha). Apparently he had just filed a lawsuit against his former colleagues for releasing New Vocabulary without his permission. Maybe the shock and strain of the last year in preparation for this step was too much, I dunno. http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/6582967/ornette-coleman-lawsuit-antibalas-jordan
    Indeed, very unexpected. I had him on my deathrace team, mainly because in contrast to many other blues/jazz legends, he quit touring and stopped recording. He was one of the last people from the golden age of jazz. Miles Davis or John Coltrane died rather early deaths, so he was a bit overdue... Yet, the lawsuit indicated otherwise, but then Christopher Lee signed on to a new movie last month. These are the statistical deaths you cannot predict in particular, only in the aggregate.
    Wow a day full of big names and now Coleman has left us?! Holy moly. Yes he's about as big a name as was in living jazz artists. Sad day today.

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    indeed a lot of deaths happening today
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