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Spike Lee's father, Bill Lee, a jazz bassist who played with Bob Dylan and Aretha Franklin, died at home in Brooklyn on Wednesday morning. He was 94.
Spike Lee's father, Bill Lee, a jazz bassist who played with Bob Dylan and Aretha Franklin, died at home in Brooklyn on Wednesday morning. He was 94.
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Bill Lee, jazz bassist and father of Spike Lee, dead at 94
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Bill Lee, Jazz Musician and Father of Spike Lee, Dies at 94
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Bill Lee, jazz musician who worked on son Spike Lee's early movies
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Bill Lee, composer and father of Spike Lee, passes away
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Bill Lee, Jazz Bassist and Father of Spike Lee, Dead at 94
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Father, son bond over baseball, farming and Dillon
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Bill Lee, Jazz Musician and Father of Spike Lee, Dies at 94
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Twin Peaks Composer Angelo Badalamenti Dead at 85
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