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Gienke, F, family poisoned at New Year's dinner; 2 die, 3 ill; investigation
Bigamy hinted by discovery of marriage of a J Seldow to A Mitchell; Mrs Woodson's career
Date for closing of lists postponed to midnight on Monday, Mr 16
1925Roy Haynes, American drummer and composer (died 2024)[†]
Roy Owen Haynes was an American jazz drummer. In the 1950s, he was given the nickname "Snap Crackle" for his distinctive snare drum sound and musical vocabulary. He is among the most recorded drummers in jazz. In a career spanning more than eight decades, he played swing, bebop, jazz fusion and avant-garde jazz. He is considered to be a pioneer of jazz drumming.