National Endowment for the Arts Statement on the Death of NEA National Heritage Fellow Sosei Shizuye Matsumoto

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Photo of Sosei Shizuye Matsumoto by Tom Pich

National Endowment for the Arts Statement on the Death of NEA Jazz Master Ira Gitler

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Photo by Frances McLaughlin-Gill

National Endowment for the Arts Statement on the Death of NEA Jazz Master Nancy Wilson

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2004 NEA Jazz Master Nancy Wilson performs at the 2007 NEA Jazz Masters Awards Ceremony & Concert. Photo by Tom Pich

National Endowment for the Arts Statement on the Death of Cyril Pahinui

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Photo by Chelle C. Pahinui

National Endowment for the Arts Statement on the Death of Elder Roma Wilson

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Portrait of Elder Roma Wilson by Tom Pich

National Endowment for the Arts Statement on the Death of David DiChiera

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Portrait of David DiChiera by Tony Brown

National Endowment for the Arts Statement on the Death of NEA Jazz Master Randy Weston

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NEA Jazz Master Randy Weston performs at the 2013 NEA Jazz Masters Tribute Concert at Dizzy’s Club Coca-Cola, Frederick P. Rose Hall, home of Jazz at Lincoln Center. Photo by Michael G. Stewart

National Endowment for the Arts Statement on the Death of Ellie Mannette

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1999 NEA National Heritage Fellow Ellie Mannette performing at the 2017 NEA National Heritage Fellowships Awards Ceremony. Photo by Tom Pich

National Endowment for the Arts Statement on the Death of NEA Jazz Master Lorraine Gordon

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Photo by Eric Ogden

National Endowment for the Arts Statement on the Death of Clarence Fountain

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Portrait of the Blind Boys of Alabama by Tom Pich
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