RICHARD FAZIO, 77, on June 12 in Boulder City, NV. A master pianist and vocalist, he performed with several U.S. Navy bands and the Sea Chanters chorus while stationed in Washington, D.C. His career took him to Miami, Tucson, Glacier National Park, Sacramento and Las Vegas. He was involved in the founding of the Flathead Valley Jazz Society in Montana and played with the Flathead Stompers. He was on the faculty of STJS traditional jazz camp, maintained the pianos for the annual Jubilee, and played on the Delta King. He was also a member of Stan Mark’s Sin City SuitZ in Las Vegas.
BEA WAIN, 100, of congestive heart failure on August 17 in Beverly Hills, Calif. Started singing on the radio at the age of 6, became a hit-making vocalist in the late 1930s, and performed into her ninth decade as one of the last survivors of prominence from the Big Band era. Among her biggest hits with the Larry Clinton Orchestra were “My Reverie,” “Deep Purple,” “Heart and Soul,” and “Martha (Ah! So Pure).” She went on to a solo career on the college and theater circuit and became a regular on Your Hit Parade radio show. She and her husband Andre Baruch co-hosted radio talk shows in New York City and Palm Beach, Flor
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