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Hubert SumlinDobie GrayHeavy DRoger WilliamsBert JanschSylvia RobinsonDavid 'Honeyboy' EdwardsNick AshfordJerry LeiberBob FlaniganJani LaneTom GarvinMarshall GrantDan PeekAmy WinehouseClarence ClemonsCarl GardnerGil Scott-HeronArthur LaurentsPhoebe SnowHazel DickensPinetop PerkinsRalph MooneyFerlin HuskyNate DoggSuze RotoloGeorge ShearingJohn BarryGladys HortonCharlie LouvinDon KirshnerMargaret Whiting

The Chicago bluesman, the son of a sharecropper and grandson of a slave, performed with the founders of the art form: Robert Johnson, Charlie Patton, Son House, Tommy McLennan, Sonny Boy Williamson, Big Joe Williams. He was the last of the bluesmen from his generation. He was 96. <a href="http://www.latimes.com/news/obituaries/la-me-honeyboy-edwards-20110830,0,6427236.story"><span class="center_label">Full obituary</span></a><br>
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David 'Honeyboy' Edwards

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The Chicago bluesman, the son of a sharecropper and grandson of a slave, performed with the founders of the art form: Robert Johnson, Charlie Patton, Son House, Tommy McLennan, Sonny Boy Williamson, Big Joe Williams. He was the last of the bluesmen from his generation. He was 96. Full obituary

Notable deaths of 2010

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