Jazz great Lionel Hampton dead at 94

University Wire | September 3, 2002| | Copyright

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(Daily Evergreen) (U-WIRE) PULLMAN, Wash. -- Jazz legend Lionel Hampton died Saturday at the age of 94.

Hampton, whose health had been failing recently after three strokes, died of heart failure at New York's Mount Sinai Medical Center at about 6:15 a.m., said his personal manager Phil Leshin.

"I'm going to miss him," Leshin said. "I've been with him since 1960. I'll miss him. I'll miss him musically, artistically, personally, philanthropically."

Hampton, whose career spanned six decades, especially loved teaching and inspiring students, and inspired ...

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