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Article: British orchestra couple killed in Pyrenees avalanche; FIT: Violinist Mike Hall, a keen climber.
- Article from:
- The Mail on Sunday (London, England)
- Article date:
- June 8, 2008
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TWO talented British musicians have been swept to their deaths by anavalanche while on a walking holiday in the French Pyrenees.
Mike Hall, a violinist, and his wife Dorothy, a cellist, died on Wednesday, butdetails of the accident were only disclosed last night after their two grown-upchildren had been informed.
The Halls, both 53, played with Manchesters respected Halle Orchestra, and MrsHall also played with the BBC Philharmonic. The couple, from Didsbury, had beenstaying at Luz-Saint-Sauveur on their first trip to the Pyrenees.
They died when a snow shelf fell from the mountain and swept them off a path.The area is a known danger spot, even in the height of ...
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