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December 6, 2012

Catholic jazz pianist Dave Brubeck dies 

Jazz musician and composer Dave Brubeck is pictured in a 1996 photo. The Catholic musician died of heart failure Dec. 5 in Norwalk, Conn., after being stricken while on his way to a cardiology appointment. He would have turned 92 the following day.

WASHINIGTON - Dave Brubeck, the influential and prolific pianist whose composition "Take Five" became a standard in the annals of jazz, died Dec. 5 at age 91, one day before his 92nd birthday.

Published in Music News