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Santy Runyon

Author: Matt Carlton
Date: 2003-04-05 14:07

I got this information over at the SOTW Forum from Steve Goodson...

I just got the call: Santy passed away this evening (4/4). He would have been 96 years old on April 8. I'm not at home, and have no details on arrangements, but will post them as they become available.

He was a great friend and teacher to me, and to countless other saxophonists. I was lucky enough to learn much from him. Nobody had more to teach than Santy.

Yet another loss to the woodwind community.

~Matt

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Re: Santy Runyon

Author: Don Berger
Date: 2003-04-05 14:36

A fine, comprehensive "obituary" is posted on a Yahoo MouthpieceWork Group "thread". Being in Mich and Okla during his very productive years, I never made acquaintance, but was well aware of his talents via the BIG Bands, and his mouthpieces, A GREAT ONE. Don

Thanx, Mark, Don

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Re: Santy Runyon

Author: Fred
Date: 2003-04-05 18:19

BMy parents bought my first clarinet from Santy in Beaumont, TX in 1963.

He will indeed be missed. He was a legend.

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