Death of a jazz pianist. Oh, no! He’s still alive…

Death of a jazz pianist. Oh, no! He’s still alive…

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norman lebrecht

December 19, 2013

Many newspapers are solemnly apologising this morning for their premature announcement of the death of Horace Silver. Horace is 85 and, his son says, in the best of health.

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Comments

  • ruben greenberg says:

    The news of his death will eventually be true.

  • ruben greenberg says:

    Jorge Luis Borges and Bob Hope met with similar fates: their deaths were announced while they were still alive. Borges, I seem to recall, wrote a poem about the experience; because an experience it is. Bob Hope stated that news of his death was: “grossly overstated”.

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