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See the names and titles of 220 foreign delegates from 92 countries who attended the state funeral of John F. Kennedy on November 25, 1963, in Washington, D.C. The list includes heads of state, royalty, ambassadors, and other officials who paid their respects to the slain president.
Learn about the three-day state funeral of U.S. President John F. Kennedy after his assassination in 1963. See the details of the preparations, the lying in state at the Capitol, the funeral service at St. Matthew's Cathedral, and the burial at Arlington National Cemetery.
During his brief time in school at Berklee, Gisbert was offered to go on the road with Buddy Rich as a connection made through Wilson. Gisbert's credits have then included: Buddy Rich (1985–86), Woody Herman's band under Frank Tiberi's direction (1987–89), John Fedchock and Maria Schneider, Gary Burton (1989), Lew Anderson (1989) and Toshiko Akiyoshi (1989 and subsequently).
Lem Billings was a close friend and business associate of John F. Kennedy and the Kennedy family. He served as an usher at their weddings, campaigned for Kennedy's presidency, and helped plan the New York World's Fair.
Born Joan Cavill in London, England, she moved to New Orleans at the age of four.By age 11, she was singing on New Orleans radio station WWL, the start of a musical career that included filming movie shorts, singing with orchestras, recording with Clyde McCoy and his Kentucky Band, and performing in New York, Pittsburgh and Chicago.
In 1958, saxophonist Harold Dejan, [1] leader of the 2nd unit of the Eureka Brass Band, split off to form the current Olympia, reviving the historic name. The band had a notable part in the 1973 James Bond movie Live and Let Die in which they play a band leading a funeral march and one of Bond's associates is assassinated during the march.
Beverly Kenney was an American jazz singer who recorded three albums for Royal Roost and three for Decca from 1956 to 1959. She died by suicide in 1960 at age 28 and is a cult figure in Japan.
Gene Gammage survived after some time in the hospital. He appeared in This is McFarland, film by Kristian St Clair released in 2006. From the mid-seventies to the early eighties, his last known regular gig was with Bobby Short. On page 220 of Oscar Peterson's memoir "A Jazz Odyssey," he stated that Gammage died in 1989.