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Hal Willner, 64, Music Producer On ‘Saturday Night Live’

JL;DR SUMMARY Hal Willner, renowned for his eclectic and irreverent approach to music production, passed away at 64 due to coronavirus complications. A way out west there was a fella, fella I want to tell you about, fella by the name of Jeff Lebowski. At least, that was the handle his lovin' parents gave him, but he never had much use for it himself. This Lebowski, he called himself the Dude. Now, Dude, that's a name no one would self-apply where I come from. But then, there was a lot about the Dude that didn't make a whole lot of sense to me. And a lot about where he lived, likewise. But then again, maybe that's why I found the place s'durned innarestin'.

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Jewish EntertainmentSaturday Night LiveLeonard CohenPostwar Jewish CultureMusic ProductionHolocaust InfluenceIrreverenceHal WillnerTribute AlbumsSonny Rollins

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New York City, New York, United States
"When he moved to New York City to attend NYU in 1974, he found a world nearly as strange as that of his imagination."
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
"His father, a Holocaust survivor, owned a Philadelphia delicatessen where Willner worked through his childhood."

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