Bandleader Artie Shaw dies
"THOUSAND OAKS, California(AP) -- Artie Shaw, clarinetist and bandleader whose recording of "Begin the Beguine" epitomized the Big Band era, died Thursday at the age of 94, the manager of his orchestra said.
Shaw had been ill for some time, orchestra manager Will Curtis said, but he did not know the specific cause of death.
At his peak in the 1930s and '40s, Shaw pulled in a five-figure salary per week and ranked with Benny Goodman, Tommy Dorsey and Glenn Miller as the bandleaders who made music swing. But he left the music world largely behind in the mid-'50s and spent much of the second half of his life devoted to writing and other pursuits.'
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First, Jerry Orbach, then Artie Shaw. Who's next? Very sad week.
