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Article: The best hot dogs, the best beluga: Jascha Heifetz, RIP. (obituary)
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- National Review
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- January 22, 1988
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The Best Hot Dogs, the Best Beluga: Jascha Heifetz, RIP
ON DECEMBER 10, 1987, Jascha Heifetz died at the age of 86. Newspapers reported his death on the front page; good-music stations interrupted regular programming to play his recordings. Even Dan Rather, Tom Brokaw, and Peter Jennings headlined their obituaries of him. Heifetz's death was big news. Why? Because he was the greatest violinist of the century; many knowledgeable critics believe he was the greatest since the instrument was invented.
There were leitmotifs, in those obituaries, about his demanding character, his personal aloofness, his impeccably formal stage demeanor that never revealed ...
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