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Lambert, Hendricks &; Ross's debut album, released in 1958, was a hit and made the trio's partnership permanent.
J.P. Roth Collection; thumbnail, James Estrin/The New York Times, 1996
Jon Hendricks
Died on November 22, 2017 at age 96
A jazz singer and songwriter, Mr. Hendricks became famous in the 1950s with the vocal trio Lambert, Hendricks & Ross by putting lyrics to well-known jazz instrumentals and turning them into vocal tours de force.
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.