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George Duke, Legendary Jazz Keyboardist, Dies

by EYDER PERALTA

George Duke, the legendary jazz keyboardist, died on Monday, his publicist tells NPR.

Duke’s career spanned five decades and he always straddled the line between disparate genres, collaborating with artists such as Miles Davis, Barry Manilow, Frank Zappa, George Clinton and some of Brazil’s top musicians.

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