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Thelonious Monk dies after stroke at 64
Thelonious Sphere Monk, famed jazz innovator and pianist, died at Englewood Hospital at 8 10 am after a stroke on February 5. He had been hospitalized 12 days, survived by his wife Nellie and children Thelonious Sphere Jr and BooBoo, with a career spanning Carnegie Hall appearances and collaborations with Dizzy Gillespie and Coleman Hawkins.
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