- Born
- Died
- Birth nameRoger Wendell Hill
- Nickname
- The Wailing Mailman
- Buck Hill was born on February 13, 1927 in Washington, District of Columbia, USA. He was married to Helen. He died on March 20, 2017 in Greenbelt, Maryland, USA.
- SpouseHelen(1948 - 2017) (his death, 3 children)
- He was a prominent tenor saxophonist in the Washington jazz scene for several decades, while working a day job with the U.S. Postal Service.
- His father was a bookbinder at the Government Printing Office.
- He began playing soprano sax at age 13, then took up the clarinet and tenor sax. Within a few years, he was playing at nightclubs. He graduated from the District's old Armstrong High School - the alma mater of pianist and jazz bandleader Duke Ellington.
- Survived by his wife two daughters, one step-son, two granddaughters, and two great grandsons.
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