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Jazz Virtuoso Guitarist Barney Kessel (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13) |
 | | Barney Kessel, a guitarist who was both a celebrated jazz soloist and a ubiquitous but anonymous studio musician, died on Thursday at his home in San Diego. |
 | | Kessel moved to Los Angeles in 1942 and was soon on the road with a band fronted by the comedian Chico Marx. |
 | | Kessel is survived by two sons from a previous marriage: Dan, of Hemet, Calif., and David, of Pacific Grove, Calif. Also surviving are three stepchildren: Christian Wand, of Los Angeles; Colette Wand Wirtschafter, of Marysville, Calif.; and Cleo Dougherty, of Boonton, N.J.; and five grandchildren. |
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