Person    | Male  Born 17/5/1921  Died 1/9/1957

Dennis Brain

Categories: Music / songs

Classical horn-player. Born London into a family of horn-players. Killed aged 36 when the sports car he was driving crashed in Hatfield, on the way back to London from an engagement in Edinburgh.

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Dennis Brain

Dennis Brain, 1921 - 1957, horn-player, lived here. English Heritage

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