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Akins, Willie

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Personal name headingAkins, Willie
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Associated placeSaint Louis (Mo.)
LocatedEast Saint Louis (Ill.)
Birth date1939
Death date2015-10-02
Place of birthWebster Groves (Mo.)
Place of deathEast Saint Louis (Ill.)
Field of activityJazz
AffiliationWillie Akins Quartet
Webster University
Profession or occupationSaxophonists
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Found inLCCN 91-742015: Swedish lullaby, p1984
St. Louis post-dispatch WWW site, viewed Oct. 5, 2015 (in obituary dated Oct. 03, 2015: St. Louis jazz saxophonist Willie Akins dies at 76; Mr. Akins, 76, died in in his home in East St. Louis on Friday (Oct. 2, 2015); born in Webster Groves in 1939; the Willie Akins Quartet has performed regularly for years; he is still listed among Webster University's faculty for Jazz Studies)