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07-20-2002

Profile: Life and career of Alan Lomax, who died at the age of 87 yesterday

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Alan Lomax died yesterday. He was perhaps the greatest of American folklorists whose thousands of recordings of traditional music helped inspire the likes of Pete Seeger, Bob Dylan and The Grateful Dead. Mr. Lomax's recordings also formed the basis of the folk...

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