World mourns two music giants

July 30, 2003
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BY LOUIS PROYECT

African-American jazz legend Benny Carter died on July 12, at the age of 95. Two days later, Afro-Cuban musician Compay Segundo, of Buena Vista Social Club fame, died — he too was 95. They both remained active musically into their 80s and 90s, and some critics believe that their greatest work came in those years.

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