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Minimalist composer, pianist, vocalist and dancer Julius Eastman dies aged 49 of cardiac arrest in Millard Fillmore Hospital in Buffalo, New York State, USA. An African-American, he was one of the first musicians to combine minimalist processes with elements of pop music, and would give his pieces provocatively socio-political titles, such as Evil Nigger and Gay Guerrilla.
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