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Becker, Walter, 1950-2017

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Personal name headingBecker, Walter, 1950-2017
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See alsoCorporate body: Steely Dan (Musical group)
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Other standard no.Q921204
Associated countryUnited States
LocatedMaui (Hawaii)
Birth date1950-02-20
Death date2017-09-03
Place of birthForest Hills (New York, N.Y.)
Profession or occupationRock musicians Guitarists Singers Composers Lyricists Record producers
Found inGaucho [SR] p1980: labels (Walter Becker)
Enc. of rock, 1988: p. 420 (Walter Becker; b. 1951 in Queens, N.Y.)
New Rolling stone enc. of rock & roll: p. 949 (Walter Becker; b. Feb. 20, 1950, Queens, N.Y.; bass, guitar, vocals of group Steely Dan)
Int. ww in mus., v. 2, pop. mus., 1st ed. (Becker, Walter; b. Feb. 20, 1950, New York; musician (guitar, bass))
Wikipedia, WWW site, Sept. 21, 2009 (Walter Carl Becker (born February 20, 1950 in Queens, New York) is an American musician, songwriter and record producer.)
New York times WWW site, viewed Sept. 5, 2017 (in obituary published Sept. 3: Walter Becker; b. Feb. 20, 1950, Forest Hills, Queens; d. Sunday [Sept. 3, 2017], aged 67; lived in Maui, Hawaii; guitarist and songwriter who made suavely subversive pop hits out of slippery jazz harmonies and verbal enigmas in Steely Dan, his partnership with Donald Fagen)
Associated languageeng
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