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Canadian jazz great Oscar Peterson dies
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trevor corey
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http://www.cbc.ca/arts/music/story/2007/12/24/obit-peterson-oscar.html

"Among the dozens of awards and acknowledgments over the decades, Peterson racked up eight Grammy Awards, including for Lifetime Achievement in 1997, received an International Jazz Hall of Fame Award in the same year and was named a Companion of the Order of Canada, its highest level."

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=337hbXJD9vk - Tue, 25 Dec 2007 12:09am Edited: Tue, 25 Dec 2007 12:11am
ROSS B AY
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R.I.P., homie Peterson...... - Tue, 25 Dec 2007 9:21am
Curmudgeon Rocker
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Canadian great, indeed. The dude ruled. - Tue, 25 Dec 2007 9:06pm
Haden
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That's the saddest news of the week. - Fri, 28 Dec 2007 11:04am
dooker
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oscar put canada on many many musical maps - sad to note his passing - Sat, 29 Dec 2007 3:32pm
J. Peatman
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What a wicked musician. It is not like he died young and premature, but still a loss for the jazz world.

I never realized he was Canadian! - Mon, 31 Dec 2007 12:13pm
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