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Mr. Jarreau performing in 2016 at the 50th Montreux Jazz Festival in Switzerland.
Anthony Anex/European Pressphoto Agency; thumbnail, David Corio, 1986
Al Jarreau
Died on February 12, 2017 at age 76
Mr. Jarreau was a versatile vocalist who sold millions of records and won a string of Grammys for his work in pop and R&B as well as his first love, jazz.
Notable Deaths 2017
Remembering Mary Tyler Moore, Chuck Berry, Jerry Lewis, David Rockefeller, Trisha Brown, Glen Campbell, Dick Gregory, Edith Windsor, Sam Shepard, Tom Petty and many others who died this year.