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 died by suicide at at his home, 21 Elm Park Mansions, Park Walk.

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