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Article updated: 12/5/2012 11:06 AM

Jazz composer, pianist Dave Brubeck dies

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Kennedy Center honoree Dave Brubeck was a pioneering jazz composer and pianist. He died Wednesday, Dec. 5 of heart failure, after being stricken while on his way to a cardiology appointment with his son. He would have turned 92 on Thursday.

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Jazz composer and pianist Dave Brubeck, whose pioneering style in pieces such as "Take Five" caught listeners' ears with exotic, challenging rhythms, has died. He was 91. Brubeck died Wednesday morning of heart failure after being stricken while on his way to a cardiology appointment with his son Darius, said his manager Russell Gloyd. Brubeck would have turned 92 on Thursday.
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