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Duke Ellington Buried After Memorial Service in New York
Duke Ellington lies buried beside his parents in Woodlawn Cemetery after a funeral at St John the Divine attended by about 12,000 mourners and a 2,000-strong outside crowd. Notables including Count Basie Ella Fitzgerald and Miss Bailey joined music figures and President Nixon representatives in paying tribute to the pioneering jazz composer and pianist who died at 75 from pneumonia and lung cancer.
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New York
Duke Ellington
Duke
Norman J. O'Connor
Ellington
Episcopal
St. John the Divine
O’connor
Edward Kennedy Ellington
Washington, D.C
Woodlawn
Bronx
William ‘Count’? Basie
Harlem
Joe Williams
Michele LeGrande
Ella Fitzgerald
Earl ‘Fatha Hines
Mood Indigo
Williams
Billy Taylor
Mary Lou Williams
Ray Nance
Lou Rawls
Benny Goodman
Cootie Williams
Jack Dempsey
Marian McPartland
Milt Jackson
al Hibbler
Nixon
White House
Stanley Scott
Pearl Bailey
Miss Bailey
Louis Bellson
Miss Fitzgerald