Alan Lomax
Age: 87 folk-music collector, writer, and disc jockey, who, in addition to discovering Woodie Guthrie, Jelly Roll Morton, and Muddy Waters, preserved the folk tradition and inspired the folk revival in the U.S. and in Europe.
Died: Sarasota, Fla. , July 19, 2002 Information Please® Database, © 2007 Pearson Education, Inc. All rights reserved.
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