Top jazz saxophonist Griffin dies in France at 80
PARIS (AP) -- Jazz saxophonist Johnny Griffin , who played with America's greats from Thelonious Monk to Lionel Hampton but chose to live in France , died hours before a concert, his agent said Saturday. He was 80.
Griffin, whose career spanned more than a half-century, was found dead Friday morning in the music room of his home in Mauprevoir in western France by his wife Miriam, said Helene Manfredi , ...
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