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Fact #93185

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Visionary jazz pianist and composer Alice Coltrane, the wife of John Coltrane, dies of respiratory failure at West Hills Hospital And Medical Center in Los Angeles, California, USA. Although overshadowed by her husband's fame, Alice Coltrane was a powerfully influential musician and thinker, and her legacy has celebrated since death in songs including Song For Alice [Dedicated to the Beautiful Legacy of Mrs. Coltrane] by Paul Weller (2008), Alice by Sunn and That Alice by Laura Veirs (2013).