Avant-garde composer Jon Hassell has died aged 84

American avant-garde composer Jon Hassell died yesterday (June 26), according to a statement shared by his family on social media.
“After a little more than a year of fighting through health complications, Jon died peacefully in the early morning hours of natural causes,” the statement, posted to Facebook, explained. “He cherished life and leaving this world was a struggle as there was much more he wished to share in music, philosophy, and writing.”
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