BERT WEEDON (VIDEO), Guitar Teacher to a Generation, 91, Bert Weedon was a British guitarist whose popular instructional manual "Play in a Day" taught the instrument to a generation of young hopefuls — young hopefuls named Pete Townshend, Eric Clapton, John Lennon and Paul McCartney.
GEORGE COWAN, Nuclear Scientist, 92, George Cowan was a chemist who helped build the first atomic bomb, detect the first Soviet nuclear explosion and test the first hydrogen bomb.
JOE MURANYI, Jazz clarinetist in Louis Armstrong's band, 84, Joe Muranyi was bandleader Louis Armstrong’s last clarinetist and became a leading ambassador in the effort to preserve the traditional jazz sound on records and in concert.
