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Ed Thigpen
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Born
December 28
,
1930
·
Chicago, Illinois, USA
Died
January 13
,
2010
·
Copenhagen, Denmark
(Parkinson's disease and heart failure)
Birth name
Edmund Leonard Thigpen
Nickname
Mr. Taste
Mini Bio
Ed Thigpen was born on December 28, 1930 in Chicago, Illinois, USA. He was an actor, known for
Charlie Butterfly (2002)
,
The Subject Is Jazz (1958)
and
The Wayne and Shuster Hour (1957)
. He was married to Ingelise Nielsen. He died on January 13, 2010 in Copenhagen, Denmark.
Family
Spouse
Ingelise Nielsen
(? - 1981) (her death, 2 children)
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Jazz drummer who worked with Ella Fitzgerald, Oscar Peterson, Bud Powell, and Billy Taylor.
Jazz drummer.
Inducted into the Percussive Arts Society Hall of Fame in 2002.
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