Of all the music genres, it's been jazz that's been struck especially hard by Covid-19, Gene Seymour writes for CNNOpinion
Gene Seymour is a film critic who has written about music, movies and culture for The New York Times, Newsday, Entertainment Weekly and The Washington Post. Follow him on Twitter @GeneSeymour. The opinions expressed in this commentary are solely those of the author. View more opinion at CNN.
A dispiriting couple of weeks in the lives of music fans have now climaxed with the death of Bill Withers, whose lean, leathery-tough vocals on such pop classics as "Ain't No Sunshine,""Use Me,""Just the Two of Us" and"Lean on Me" were deeply woven into the soundtracks of several generations' lives.
Gene Seymour Withers died Monday at 81 of what his family has described as"heart complications." His death has not been linked to the Covid-19 virus. But his loss, coming at about the same time that"Lean on Me" has resurfaced as a global anthem of collective will during the coronavirus pandemic, nonetheless feels like another in an already seemingly relentless series of recent body blows to the music world.
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