Person    | Male  Born 28/1/1927  Died 23/12/1996

Ronnie Scott

Categories: Music / songs

Jazz saxophonist and nightclub owner, the club being Ronnie Scott's. Born the Mothers' Home, 396 Commercial Road, Stepney. Often lonely and depressed. Dental problems, which meant he could not play the saxophone, brought him down and he committed suicide at at his home, 21 Elm Park Mansions, Park Walk.

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Ronnie Scott

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Spirit of Soho Mural

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Kenny Clare

Kenny Clare

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1 memorial
Pink Floyd

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1 memorial
The Fridge

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1 memorial
C. T. Angell

C. T. Angell

Student of Trinity College of Music, killed in WW1.

Person, Armed Forces, Music / songs

War dead, WW1
1 memorial