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    Of the five “music pioneers” rhymed off in “Sir Duke,” which one lived the longest?

    Question #104209. Asked by BRY2K. (Mar 28 09 7:23 AM)


    deaconblues63

    		Count Basie lived the longest, dying at the age of 80.

    http://www.swingmusic.net/Count_Basie.html

    Mar 28 09, 7:36 AM
    deaconblues63

    		Ella Fitzgerald was the last of the group to die, passing away in 1996 at the age of 78.

    http://www.ellafitzgerald.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=12&Itemid=28

    Mar 28 09, 7:42 AM

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