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Published March 22, 2011, 12:00 AM

Pinetop Perkins


Grammy-winning blues pianist Joe Willie "Pinetop" Perkins motions a "thumbs up" gesture during the annual festival at Hopson Plantation in Clarksdale, Miss., in October 2009. Perkins, one of the last old-school bluesmen and oldest Grammy winner, died at his home of cardiac arrest Monday, March 21, 2011, his manager said. He was 97. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis, File)
Read the article: OBIT: Willie "Pinetop" Perkins, 97, noted blues piano player, oldest Grammy winner