Former Grateful Dead keyboardist Saunders dies
Oct. 26, 2008, 12:24 AM EST
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) -- Merl Saunders, a jazz and rock keyboardist who collaborated with iconic acts including Miles Davis and the Grateful Dead, has died. He was 74.
Saunders died Friday at Kaiser Permanente Medical Center in San Francisco of complications due to a stroke, said his son, Merl Saunders Jr.
"We loved him very much — and we know that you, his fans, did too," his family said in a statement posted on Saunders'…
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