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Archive Home > 2009 > January > 23 > David ‘Fathead’ Newman played jazz saxophone for Ray Charles

David ‘Fathead’ Newman played jazz saxophone for Ray Charles

By Jon Thurber / The Bulletin
January 23, 2009

David “Fathead” Newman, a jazz saxophonist who was a key member of Ray Charles’ band for a dozen years and later became a high-profile session player, has died. He was 75.

Newman died Tuesday of pancreatic cancer at a hospital in Kingston, N.Y., according to his....

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