Trombonist Deaths

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Trombonist Deaths

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On a whim I Googled "tragic deaths of trombonists". Most links were to known events (natural deaths and suicides), but a few were quite bizarre.

https://groups.google.com/g/alt.music.t ... A0fOS_lrbg

https://www.nola.com/entertainment_life ... dd204.html

https://skabook.com/don-drummond/

https://slippedisc.com/2018/01/brass-wo ... principal/
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Death is the only certainty we have in life. Some sad, shocking and bizarre deaths are bound to crop up in such a small portion of the population.
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Yeah, one can only hope to die at old age having lived a rich life of a heart attack in one's sleep. Alas.

Tommy Dorsey did apparently die in his sleep, but from choking to death due to sleeping pills and vomiting. Yikes!
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There was the guy who died playing 1812 after he tried to turn his mute into a rocket, and his trombone into a rocket launcher. 😂

Fake news but it should have happened
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Slip-and-fall head injuries are pernicious things. I've witnessed an instance of a head injury that didn't seem life-threatening at first and yet was fatal a few days later.

At an advanced age you'd be better off to break a leg than bump your head.
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And then, of course, there was this one.

https://www.jazzmasters.nl/rosolino.htm

This is one of those events I'll always remember where I was when I learned of it.
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tbdana wrote: Wed Oct 11, 2023 6:19 pm And then, of course, there was this one.

https://www.jazzmasters.nl/rosolino.htm

This is one of those events I'll always remember where I was when I learned of it.
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robcat2075 wrote: Wed Oct 11, 2023 1:52 pmSlip-and-fall head injuries are pernicious things. I've witnessed an instance of a head injury that didn't seem life-threatening at first and yet was fatal a few days later.
Even when they're not fatal, it can take some time for the full extant of the injury to manifest itself.
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