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A dream is unrehearsed.
Yehudi Menuhin
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Yehudi Menuhin
Age: 82 †
Born: 1916
Born: April 22
Died: 1999
Died: March 12
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Conductor
Jazz Musician
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Violinist
New York City
New York
Yehudi Menuhin
Baron Menuhin
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