Bill mcguffie biography obituary

The following is a list of notable deaths in March 1987.

Entries for each day are listed alphabetically by surname. A typical entry lists information in the following sequence:

• Name, age, country of citizenship at birth, subsequent country of citizenship (if applicable), reason for notability, cause of death (if known), and reference.

• Freddie Green, 75, American swing jazz guitarist, heart attack.^[1]
• Bertrand de Jouvenel, 83, French philosopher and political economist.^[2]
• Don MacBeth, 37, Canadian jockey, cancer.^[3]
• Vern Partlow, 76, American newspaper reporter and folk singer, blacklisted during McCarthy era, cancer.^[4]
• Wolfgang Seidel, 60, German Formula 1 racing driver, heart attack.

• Danny Kaye, 76, American singer, actor, dancer and comedian, internal bleeding and hepatitis.^[6]
• Cyril Pearl, 82, Australian journalist, author and television personality.^[7]
• Rafael M. Salas, 58, Filipino head of United Nations Population Fund, heart attack.^[8]
• Hana Vítová, 73, Czecho
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  Cyril Stapleton

  English musician and bandleader (1914–1974)

  Cyril Stapleton
  Birth name	Horace Cyril Stapleton
  Born	(1914-12-31)31 December 1914 Mapperley, Nottingham, England
  Died	25 February 1974(1974-02-25) (aged 59) London, England
  Genres	Jazz
  Occupation(s)	Musician Band leader
  Instrument	Violin
  Years active	1926–1974

  Musical artist

  Horace Cyril Stapleton (31 December 1914 – 25 February 1974)^[1] was an English violinist and jazzbandleader.^[2]

  Biography

  Horace Cyril Stapleton was born in Mapperley, Nottingham, England,^[2] He began playing violin at the age of seven, and played on local radio at the age of 12. He performed on the BBC Radio often in his teenage years at their Birmingham studios, and played in filmorchestras accompanying silent films.^[3] Stapleton attended Trinity College of Music in London, and played in a dance band there led by Henry Hall.^[2] This ensemble also played on the BBC and made several recordings for EMI. After losing his position in the band, h

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  2023 In Memoriam

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  Elizabeth Panzer (1958 - December 2023) The harpist had two late ’90s albums and worked with Kali Fasteau, Reggie Workman, Butch Morris, Philip Johnston, Anthony Braxton and Bobby Previte. Panzer died in December at 65. 

  Jay Clayton (October 28th, 1941 - December 31st, 2023) The vocalist led or co-led albums on Anima, Moers Music, JMT, West Wind, ITM, Hep, Sunnyside, RAM, Jazzwerkstatt and MeisteroMusic and credits with Garrett List, Marc Levin, Byron Morris, Peter Fish, INTERface, Bob Mover, Muhal Richard Abrams, Kirk Nurock, Don Lanphere, Jerry Granelli, Klaus König, Paul McCandless, Bud Shank, Claudio Fasoli, Jim Knapp, Jeanne Lee, Pat Metheny, Charlie Haden, Tiziana Ghiglioni and Alberto Pibiri alongside long associations with Steve Reich and John Cage. Clayton died December 31st at 82.

  Sam Burtis (October 2nd, 1948 - December 29th, 2023) The trombonist/tubaist had credits since the late ‘60s with Buddy Rich, Carla Bley, Larry Harlow, Tito Puente, Joel Kaye, Eumir Deodato, Dave Matthews, Herbie Mann, John Tropea, Bill Watrous, Grant Green, J