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  1. Albert L. Murray (May 12, 1916 – August 18, 2013) was an American literary and music critic, novelist, essayist, and biographer. His books include The Omni-Americans , South to a Very Old Place , and Stomping the Blues .

  2. Aug 19, 2013 · Albert Lee Murray was born on May 12, 1916, in Nokomis, Ala., to middle-class parents who soon gave him up for adoption to Hugh Murray, a laborer, and his wife, Matty. ... Along with the writer ...

  3. Aug 23, 2013 · Albert Lee Murray, writer, born 12 May 1916; died 18 August 2013. Explore more on these topics. US news; James Baldwin; Duke Ellington; Ralph Ellison; obituaries; Share. Reuse this content.

  4. Aug 21, 2013 · The writer Albert Murray passed away on Sunday evening at age 97. His life was long and busy, and he found many hours in the day—so many that substantive obituaries, such as the one that ...

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  5. Aug 19, 2013 · Albert Murray, the influential writer and critic who helped found Jazz at Lincoln Center, died Sunday at home in Harlem. He was 97 years old. Duke Ellington once described him as the "unsquarest ...

  6. Aug 19, 2013 · The writer Albert Murray, a maverick intellectual who challenged widespread assumptions about U.S. and African American culture, has died in New York City at age 97. Murray, a novelist as well as ...

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  8. By HILLEL ITALIE. NEW YORK (AP) — Albert Murray, the influential novelist and critic who celebrated black culture, scorned black separatism and was once praised by Duke Ellington as the “unsquarest man I know,” died Sunday. He was 97. Murray died at home in his sleep, according to Lewis Jones, a family friend and Murray’s guardian.

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