British jazz great Sir John Dankworth died Saturday morning at the age of 82 according to reports from the U.K. and confirmed by his family and management. Fans and celebrity Twitter users from the U.K. and the U.S. tweeted RIP's and remembrances of Dankworth's performances throughout the night following the announcement.
Jazz musician Jamie Cullum tweeted, 'Sir John Dankworth - a great man and one of our finest musicians and composers has died. Rest in peace sir.'
According to BBC reports, Dankworth died at the King Edward VII Hospital in London. Dankworth had been ill ever since he wrapped up a U.S. tour with his wife last October.
Dankworth was knighted in 2006 and his jazz career spanned more than sixty years. He worked with musical icons Dizzy Gillespie, Ray Charles, Ella Fitzgerald and his popular singer wife Dame Cleo Laine, just to name a few. Dankworth was a talented composer, band leader, clarinetist and saxophonist. He also wrote The Avengers theme as well as many other film scores.
Tweets:
- @Brian40mk, 'To us Milton Keynes residents the death of John Dankworth is a sad passing but he left a great legacy in Milton Keyne
- @stealthmunchkin, 'Shame about John Dankworth.
- @stephnicholls65, 'Vale John Dankworth, great sax player, band leader & composer. With Cleo Laine one of the great musical marriages.'
- @meigheyburn, ''The world is one less incredible musician now. Sir John Hankworth died. Met him once at MUC. Amazing...'
- @HungryHatter, 'RIP John Dankworth. The Stables Theatre is a hell of a legacy to leave behind. Good work, sir.'
- @tweetpod, 'Listening to Johnny Dankworth – African Waltz: http://www.last.fm/music/Johnny+Dankworth http://bit.ly/bO3lvk #music #mp3 #lastfm
- @Nickel58, 'RIP Johnny Dankworth. His son Alec went to the same school as me, and I met Johnny a few times. A gentleman and a fantastic musician.'
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