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Richard Turner
jazz trumpeter
| Bio | Richard Turner was a jazz trumpeter who died in 2011 aged 27 of a ruptured aortic aneurysm while swimming. He led the contemporary jazz quartet Round Trip and played with indie-pop band Friendly Fires. He was a graduate of the Royal Academy of Music, Leeds College of Music, and Allerton Grange School. A documentary film about his life Richard Turner: A Life in Music was released in 2019. The Richard Turner Jazz Fund awards £1,000 to a jazz student towards a specific area of help with their studies.2 |
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| Born | c. 19841 |
| Died | c. 20111 |
| Occupation | jazz trumpeter2 |
| Cause of death | ruptured aortic aneurysm, natural causes2 |
| Status | Confirmed: Richard Turner is a 27 Club member |