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Renowned jazz pianist Ramsey Lewis has died, age 87

FILE - Recording artist and show host Ramsey Lewis warms up before a taping of the "Legends of Jazz with Ramsey Lewis," Nov. 16, 2005, in WTTW's studio in Chicago. Renowned jazz pianist Lewis, whose music entertained fans over a more than 60-year career that began with the Ramsey Lewis Trio and made him one of the country’s most successful jazz musicians, died Monday, Sept. 12, 2022. He was 87. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast, File) FILE - Jazz pianist and composer Ramsey Lewis describes his composing methods during an interview at his home in Chicago, April 5, 2011. Renowned jazz pianist Lewis, whose music entertained fans over a more than 60-year career that began with the Ramsey Lewis Trio and made him one of the country’s most successful jazz musicians, died Monday, Sept. 12, 2022. He was 87. (AP Photo/M. Spencer Green, File) FILE - Recording artist Ramsey Lewis, left, laughs while interviewing guest artists Keb' Mo' and Robert Cray, right, during taping for the "Legends of Jazz with Ramsey Lewis," Nov. 16, 2005, in WTTW's studio in Chicago. Renowned jazz pianist Lewis, whose music entertained fans over a more than 60-year career that began with the Ramsey Lewis Trio and made him one of the country’s most successful jazz musicians, died Monday, Sept. 12, 2022. He was 87. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast, File) FILE - Jazz pianist and composer Ramsey Lewis describes his composing methods during an interview at his home in Chicago, April 5, 2011. Renowned jazz pianist Lewis, whose music entertained fans over a more than 60-year career that began with the Ramsey Lewis Trio and made him one of the country’s most successful jazz musicians, died Monday, Sept. 12, 2022. He was 87. (AP Photo/M. Spencer Green, File) FILE - Hosts of the National Endowment for the Arts Jazz Masters Awards Concert, Ramsey Lewis, left, and Nancy Wilson announce the first NEA Jazz award of the night to Freddie Hubbard, Friday, Jan. 13, 2006, in New York. Renowned jazz pianist Lewis, whose music entertained fans over a more than 60-year career that began with the Ramsey Lewis Trio and made him one of the country’s most successful jazz musicians, died Monday, Sept. 12, 2022. He was 87. (AP Photo/Jennifer Szymaszek, File) FILE - Jazz pianist and composer Ramsey Lewis describes his composing methods during an interview at his home in Chicago, April 5, 2011. Renowned jazz pianist Lewis, whose music entertained fans over a more than 60-year career that began with the Ramsey Lewis Trio and made him one of the country’s most successful jazz musicians, died Monday, Sept. 12, 2022. He was 87. (AP Photo/M. Spencer Green, File)