Trombonist Deaths
- officermayo
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On a whim I Googled "tragic deaths of trombonists". Most links were to known events (natural deaths and suicides), but a few were quite bizarre.
<LINK_TEXT text="https://groups.google.com/g/alt.music.t ... A0fOS_lrbg">https://groups.google.com/g/alt.music.trombone/c/OA0fOS_lrbg</LINK_TEXT>
<LINK_TEXT text="https://www.nola.com/entertainment_life ... dd204.html">https://www.nola.com/entertainment_life/music/musicians-turn-out-to-remember-trombonist-joseph-williams/article_4b113a67-a315-51e6-8ef2-7f8702cdd204.html</LINK_TEXT>
https://skabook.com/don-drummond/
<LINK_TEXT text="https://slippedisc.com/2018/01/brass-wo ... principal/">https://slippedisc.com/2018/01/brass-world-in-shock-at-tragic-death-of-popular-principal/</LINK_TEXT>
<LINK_TEXT text="https://groups.google.com/g/alt.music.t ... A0fOS_lrbg">https://groups.google.com/g/alt.music.trombone/c/OA0fOS_lrbg</LINK_TEXT>
<LINK_TEXT text="https://www.nola.com/entertainment_life ... dd204.html">https://www.nola.com/entertainment_life/music/musicians-turn-out-to-remember-trombonist-joseph-williams/article_4b113a67-a315-51e6-8ef2-7f8702cdd204.html</LINK_TEXT>
https://skabook.com/don-drummond/
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- Kbiggs
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Death is the only certainty we have in life. Some sad, shocking and bizarre deaths are bound to crop up in such a small portion of the population.
- AndrewMeronek
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Yeah, one can only hope to die at old age having lived a rich life of a heart attack in one's sleep. Alas.
Tommy Dorsey did apparently die in his sleep, but from choking to death due to sleeping pills and vomiting. Yikes!
Tommy Dorsey did apparently die in his sleep, but from choking to death due to sleeping pills and vomiting. Yikes!
- harrisonreed
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There was the guy who died playing 1812 after he tried to turn his mute into a rocket, and his trombone into a rocket launcher. <EMOJI seq="1f602" tseq="1f602">😂</EMOJI>
Fake news but it should have happened
Fake news but it should have happened
- robcat2075
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[quote="officermayo"]<LINK_TEXT text="https://slippedisc.com/2018/01/brass-wo ... principal/">https://slippedisc.com/2018/01/brass-world-in-shock-at-tragic-death-of-popular-principal/</LINK_TEXT>[/quote]
Slip-and-fall head injuries are pernicious things. I've witnessed an instance of a head injury that didn't seem life-threatening at first and yet was fatal a few days later.
At an advanced age you'd be better off to break a leg than bump your head.
Slip-and-fall head injuries are pernicious things. I've witnessed an instance of a head injury that didn't seem life-threatening at first and yet was fatal a few days later.
At an advanced age you'd be better off to break a leg than bump your head.
- tbdana
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And then, of course, there was this one.
https://www.jazzmasters.nl/rosolino.htm
This is one of those events I'll always remember where I was when I learned of it.
https://www.jazzmasters.nl/rosolino.htm
This is one of those events I'll always remember where I was when I learned of it.
- officermayo
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[quote="tbdana"]And then, of course, there was this one.
https://www.jazzmasters.nl/rosolino.htm
This is one of those events I'll always remember where I was when I learned of it.[/quote]
I purposely left off Frank and JJ's suicides.
https://www.jazzmasters.nl/rosolino.htm
This is one of those events I'll always remember where I was when I learned of it.[/quote]
I purposely left off Frank and JJ's suicides.
- JohnL
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[quote="robcat2075"]Slip-and-fall head injuries are pernicious things. I've witnessed an instance of a head injury that didn't seem life-threatening at first and yet was fatal a few days later.[/quote]
Even when they're not fatal, it can take some time for the full extant of the injury to manifest itself.
Even when they're not fatal, it can take some time for the full extant of the injury to manifest itself.