Saturday, 8 October 2011

Famed pianist Roger Williams dies at 87 (AP)

FILE - In this Friday, Oct. 1, 2004 file photo, pianist Roger Williams, right, and former President Jimmy Carter laugh at the Jimmy Carter Presidential Library in Atlanta where Williams was performing. Both Carter and Williams were celebrating their 80th birthdays. Williams, the virtuoso pianist who topped Billboard charts with his hit recording of 'Autumn Leaves' in the 1950s and played for nine presidents during a long career, has died. He was 87. His former publicist Rob Wilcox says Williams died Saturday, Oct. 8, 2011 at his home in Los Angeles of complications from pancreatic cancer. (AP Photo/John Bazemore)AP - Roger Williams, the virtuoso pianist who topped the Billboard pop chart in the 1950s and played for nine U.S. presidents during a long career, died Saturday. He was 87.


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