Jazz pianist and three-time Grammy winner Ramsey Lewis died at his home in Chicago Monday morning.
Lewis, 87, is survived by his wife Janet, his daughters, Denise and Dawn, his sons, Kendall, Frayne and Bobby, and many grandchildren and great-grandchildren.
His smash hit, "The In Crowd" was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame, and he also received a 2007 National Endowment for the Arts Jazz Master Award. All the news you need to know, every day
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