Charlie Haden, Influential Jazz Bassist, Is Dead at 76
R I P Charlie. You will be missed.
Charlie Haden, one of the most influential bassists in the history of jazz, died on Friday in Los Angeles. He was 76.
His death was confirmed by Ruth Cameron, his wife of 30 years. For the last several years he had been struggling with the degenerative effects of post-polio syndrome, related to the polio he contracted in his youth.
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