Hank Jones, 91, jazz pianist who worked with Charlie Parker, Miles Davis and Ella Fitzgerald
While we look forward to great things in 2011, we should also take a moment to reflect on those who are not with us anymore. Following are some those who passed on in 2010.
May
Lena Horne, 91, singer, dancer, actress, civil rights advocate
Hank Jones, 91, jazz pianist who worked with Charlie Parker, Miles Davis and Ella Fitzgerald
Gary Coleman, 42, actor best known for his role in “Diff’rent Strokes
June
Marvin Isley, 56, youngest member of the soul band The Isley Brothers
October
Denis Simpson, 59, Canadian (originally from Jamaica) actor, singer, long time host of the Children’s show Polka Dot Door (TV)
December
James Moody, 85, jazz saxaphone and flute player
Magnolia Shorty, 28, rapper
Bobby Farrell, 61, Aruba-born frontman for the rock/pop group Boney M
Sir Ellis Emanuel Innocent Clarke, 93 He was Trinidad & Tobago’s first President (1976) and created the country’s founding constitution.
