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February 27, 2013 07:47 pm PST
Original Link: http://feeds.boingboing.net/~r/boingboing/iBag/~3/JSY7Y9mUWjs/pianist-van-cliburn-cold-war.html
Pianist Van Cliburn, cold war "musical envoy," dies of cancer at 78
NYTimes: "Van Cliburn, the American pianist whose first-place award at the 1958 Tchaikovsky International Competition in Moscow made him an overnight sensation and propelled him to a phenomenally successful and lucrative career, though a short-lived one, died Wednesday morning in Fort Worth." Bone cancer. He was 78. (HT: Joe Sabia)Original Link: http://feeds.boingboing.net/~r/boingboing/iBag/~3/JSY7Y9mUWjs/pianist-van-cliburn-cold-war.html
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