Famed Jazz Trumpeter Donald Byrd Dies at 80
February 11th, 2013
Donald Byrd, one of the most well-known jazz trumpeters of the 1950s, died Feb. 4 at a hospital in Delaware, The Washington Post reports. He was 80.
A spokeswoman for Haley Funeral Directors in Southfield, Mich., confirmed the death, but no cause was given. Reports of Byrd’s death had been circulating on the Internet for the last week. Alex Bugnon, a…
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