From: owner-basia-digest@smoe.org (basia-digest) To: basia-digest@smoe.org Subject: basia-digest V4 #256 Reply-To: basia@smoe.org Sender: owner-basia-digest@smoe.org Errors-To: owner-basia-digest@smoe.org Precedence: bulk X-To-Unsubscribe: Send mail to "basia-digest-request@smoe.org" X-To-Unsubscribe: with "unsubscribe" as the body. basia-digest Thursday, December 23 1999 Volume 04 : Number 256 Today's Subjects: ----------------- Re: Grover Washington Jr [Denis Naranjo ] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Wed, 22 Dec 1999 08:15:18 -0800 From: Denis Naranjo Subject: Re: Grover Washington Jr Here's some clarification..... Grover Washington taped a live performance segment for CBS's "Saturday Early Show" Friday (12/17) evening. Minutes after his music had concluded, he died from a heart attack in his dressing room. The performance was broadcast Saturay (12/18) morning and showed no ill effects of fatigue or illness, though the segment shown did fade out to commercial right as he took the horn out of his mouth. A CBS security guard gave Washington, 56, CPR in his dressing room but was unable to revive him. After learning of the musician's death, CBS producers discussed whether to air his last performance but went ahead with broadcast plans "because it (music) was what he loved," said CBS producers. "Needless to say, we are stunned and incredibly saddened," said a CBS producer present at the taping, who asked not to be named. "I even remarked to myself about how fit he looked, how spry." Washington had been promoting a new album, "Prime Cuts: the Columbia Recordings 1987-99." He is survived by his wife Christine and two children, Grover III and Shana. # # # Leslie Brown wrote: > > > Leslie, when did Grover Washington Jr pass? I didn't > > notice it in the news recently, but I could easily > > have missed it. > > Sunday, after filming a segment on the CBS (I think) > sunday morning show. > > --Leslie > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Thousands of Stores. Millions of Products. All in one place. > Yahoo! Shopping: http://shopping.yahoo.com ------------------------------ End of basia-digest V4 #256 ***************************