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Bobby Hackett

American jazz trumpeter (1915–1976)

PersonDied aged 61humanQ578302

Born: January 13, 1915
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1.Stated in Great Norwegian EncyclopediaRetrieved 2026-10-17
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, January 31, 1915
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1.Stated in BnF authoritiesRetrieved 2015-10-10
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Died: June 7, 1976
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1.Stated in BnF authoritiesRetrieved 2015-10-10
2.Stated in SNACRetrieved 2017-10-09
3.Stated in Find a GraveRetrieved 2017-10-09
4.Stated in DiscogsRetrieved 2017-10-09
5.Stated in Great Norwegian EncyclopediaRetrieved 2026-10-17
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Birthplace: Providence
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1.Stated in Great Norwegian EncyclopediaRetrieved 2026-10-17
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Place of death: Chatham
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1.Stated in Great Norwegian EncyclopediaRetrieved 2026-10-17
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Citizenship: United States
Occupation: jazz musician
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1.Stated in Integrated Authority FileRetrieved 2026-04-20
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, jazz guitarist
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Robert Leo Hackett was an American jazz musician who played swing music, Dixieland jazz and mood music, now called easy listening, on trumpet, cornet, and guitar. He played Swing with the bands of Glenn Miller and Benny Goodman in the late 1930s and early 1940s, he played Dixieland from the 1930s into the 1970s in a variety of groups with many of the major figures in the field, and he was a featured soloist on the first ten of the numerous Jackie Gleason mood music albums during the 1950s.

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OOrchestra Wives1942 · 1942 film by Archie Mayo

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Cause of death: myocardial infarction
Given name: Bobby
Instrument: trumpet
Genre: jazz
Manner of death: natural causes
Different from: Bobby Hackett
Family name: Hackett
Sex or gender: male
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1.Stated in BnF authoritiesRetrieved 2015-10-10
2.Stated in Integrated Authority FileRetrieved 2024-06-22
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Label: Columbia Records
Place of burial: Seaside Cemetery
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