[78-L] Ed Thigpen dies

[David Lennick]

Two other sources..

Jazz Promo Services wrote:
> *In memory of Ed Thigpen (1930 - 2010)
> *
> We are very sad to announce that Ed Thigpen has passed away today 
> January 13th 2010.
> An update will be up soon on this page, if you would like to share your 
> thoughts, please feel free to visit the temporary Facebook Group here
> http://www.facebook.com/group.php?v=wall&gid=249306289169 
> <http://www.facebook.com/group.php?v=wall&gid=249306289169>
> 
> Thank you for your support in this difficult time
> 
> Sincerely The Thigpen family
> _
> _*ED THIGPEN: MASTER OF TIME, RHYTHM AND TASTE(2009)
> *_http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QoV5zm9027k_
> 
http://forums.allaboutjazz.com/showthread.php?t=43100
(no obit, but links to YouTube and comments)

dl

Michael Biel wrote:
> Not trusting Wikipedia at all, do you have another source for his death
> since you haven't found any obits from a reliable source?  ANYBODY can
> list ANYBODY as dead on Wikipedia!!!!!
> 
> Mike (still alive and kicking) Biel  mbiel at mbiel.com
> 
> From: David Lennick <dlennick at sympatico.ca>
>> Not a formal obit (haven't found any yet) but
>> Wikipedia was updated pretty quickly..he died yesterday.
>>   http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ed_Thigpen    dl
> 
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