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- Died
- Stéphane Grappelli was born on January 26, 1908 in Paris, France. He was an actor and composer, known for The Matrix (1999), Junior (1994) and The Holiday (2006). He died on December 1, 1997 in Paris, France.
- He died while undergoing hernia surgery.
- He could play piano in a style indebted to that of Bix Beiderbecke.
- Inducted into the Big Band and Jazz Hall of Fame in 1995.
- Jazz violinist.
- Was a French jazz violinist who founded the Quintette du Hot Club de France with guitarist Django Reinhardt in 1934. It was one of the first all-string jazz bands.
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