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Article: Renowned Violinist Jascha Heifetz Dies
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- The Washington Post
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- December 12, 1987
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Jascha Heifetz, 86, one of the great violinists of this century
and an artist whose marvelous talent was evident even in his early
appearances as a child prodigy, died Thursday at Cedars-Sinai Medical
Center in Los Angeles.
Hospitalized since Oct. 16 for treatment of injuries received in
a fall in his home in Beverly Hills, he had undergone brain surgery.
The immediate cause of death was not reported.
In a remark that was typical of the tributes elicited by Mr.
Heifetz's passing, Sir Yehudi Menuhin, the London conductor and
violinist, said: "Few people would disagree that he was probably the
greatest violinist in our age. I would like to say that he was my
greatest inspiration. I used to ...