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Archive Home > 2009 > November > 11 > Musician and educator ‘Banjo Fred’ Starner, 72

Musician and educator ‘Banjo Fred’ Starner, 72

By Valerie J. Nelson / The Bulletin
November 11, 2009

LOS ANGELES — “Banjo Fred” Starner, an economics professor and banjo-playing folk singer who documented hobo music and culture, has died. He was 72.

Starner died Oct. 25 at a suburban Los Angeles rehabilitation facility of complications from pneumonia and sarcoidosis, a chronic lung disease,....

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