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Jazz cornettist, composer and bandleader Red Nichols dies aged 60, during a season at The Mint, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA. While asleep in his suite, he is woken by paralyzing chest pains. He manages to call the front desk and an ambulance is summoned, but it arrives too late.