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‘Saxophone Colossus’ Sonny Rollins dies at 95

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Issued on: 26/05/2026 – 15:40Modified: 26/05/2026 – 16:11

🎷 Sonny #Rollins, the fiercely inventive tenor saxophonist whose decades-spanning career helped define modern jazz and earned him the nickname “Saxophone Colossus,” died Monday at his home in upstate #NewYork.

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