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George Duke

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Personal details and public facts.

Profession
Composer
Died
Aug 5, 2013
Zodiac
Capricorn
Born in
San Rafael CA
About
Jazz fusion pioneer who wowed audiences with 'The Jean-Luc Ponty Experience with the George Duke Trio,' an early fusion jazz album. He and Frank Zappa were longtime collaborators.
Family
He was married to his wife Corine for 40 years, until she died from complications due to cancer in 2012. He would die from chronic lymphocytic leukemia in 2013. They had two sons, Rashid and John.

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