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American musician (1944–2016)

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Type
Person
Country
US
Active from
1944-04-19
Active to
2016-06-24

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Dr. George Bernard "Bernie" Worrell, Jr. (April 19, 1944 – June 24, 2016) was an American keyboardist and composer best known as a founding member of Parliament-Funkadelic and for his work with Talking Heads. He was a member of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, inducted in 1997 with fifteen other members of Parliament-Funkadelic. Worrell was born in Long Branch, New Jersey, and grew up in Plainfield, New Jersey. A musical prodigy, he began formal piano lessons by age three and wrote a concerto at

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Instance of
human
Gender
male
Citizenship
United States
Place of birth
Long Branch
Place of death
Everson
Occupation
composer
Educated at
Juilliard School
Genre
soul
Instrument
synthesizer
Official website
www.bernieworrell.com
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Bernie Worrell - SociaLibrium, Vienna2009 a.jpg
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date of birth
1944-04-19
Commons category
Bernie Worrell
date of death
2016-06-24
cause of death
lung cancer
manner of death
natural causes
start of work period
1970-00-00
end of work period
2016-00-00
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