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Tom Paley
Died on September 30, 2017 at age 89
A Bronx-born singer, guitarist and banjo player, Mr. Paley helped spearhead an old-time music revival in the 1950s and ’60s as a founding member of the string band the New Lost City Ramblers.
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.