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    Leon Redbone, An Unusual Singer From A Bygone Era, Has Died

    Redbone's career was defined by biographical mystery and a musical ear obsessed with the sounds of yesteryear. He also sang the theme to Mr. Belvedere.
    by Andrew Flanagan May 30, 2019 1 minute
    Leon Redbone performs on <em>The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson</em> on April 24, 1991.

    Leon Redbone, the perpetually anachronistic, famously mysterious artist who rose to prominence as a performer on Toronto's folk circuit in the early '70s, died Thursday while in hospice care in Bucks County, Pa.

    Redbone's family confirmed his death through a publicist.

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