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- Died
- Birth nameArthur Stewart Farmer
- Art Farmer was born on August 21, 1928 in Council Bluffs, Iowa, USA. He was an actor, known for Carol (2015), The Executioner (1975) and The Subterraneans (1960). He died on October 4, 1999 in New York City, New York, USA.
- Jazz musician.
- Inducted into the Big Band and Jazz Hall of Fame in 2001.
- Jazz flugelhornist and trumpeter.
- Worked in Los Angeles for a time as a hotel janitor and a hospital file clerk before joining Lionel Hampton's orchestra in 1952.
- Spent much time in Austria (after marrying a Viennese banker) becoming a member of the national radio big band.
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