Frankie Capp
Life Member. Drum Set
9/20/1931 – 9/12/2017
Survived by daughter
Michael A. Consoldane
Life Member. Guitar
4/24/1945 – 8/30/2017
Survived by spouse
Helen Kramer (Desser)
Life Member. Harp
5/26/1922 – 7/30/2017
Survived by daughter
Photo by Larry Philpot, www.soundstagephotography.com
Member. Guitar
10/20/1950 – 10/2/2017
AFM Local 47 the world in mourning the loss of music icon and longtime Los Angeles musicians’ union member Tom Petty.
His artistry and talents with the Heartbreakers, the Traveling Wilburys, and Mudcrutch made him one of the best-selling musicians of all time and earned him a spot in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.
Thank you for the music.
Life Member. Composer
8/13/1943 – 8/10/2017
Dell joined the Musicians Union in the early 1960s during his college years at Drake in his home state of Iowa. After receiving two degrees in music, he joined the NORAD military band where he met young musicians from L.A. who became his lifelong friends. Continue reading
Glen T. Campbell
Life Member. Guitar
4/22/1936 – 8/8/2017
Survived by spouse & children
Maurice Grants
Member. Cello
12/7/1960 – 8/21/2017
Survived by spouse
Ardell B. Hake
Life Member. Composer
8/13/1943 – 8/10/2017
Survived by spouse
Daniel J. Licht
Member. Guitar
3/13/1957 – 8/8/2017
Survived by child
Life Member. Singer-songwriter/guitar
4/22/1936 – 8/8/2017
Glen Travis Campbell was an American singer, guitarist, songwriter, television host, and actor. A Life Member of AFM Local 47, he was best known for a series of hits in the 1960s and 1970s, and for hosting a music and comedy variety show called “The Glen Campbell Goodtime Hour” on CBS television, from January 1969 through June 1972. Continue reading
Former Member. Piano
1/28/1947 – 7/3/2017
by Pam Glazer
Victor Bruce Glazer of Delray Beach, FL, died on 7/3/17 at age 70 Born in Philadelphia, PA. He is preceded in death by his parents, Donald and Doris Glazer. Vic is survived by his wife, Pam, his beloved and devoted wife of 38 years, his children – Kenny Charles (Tammy) of Englewood, FL, and Nancy (Jason) Downey of Raymond, NH. He is also survived by his devoted sister, Cindi (Jim) East of Chino, CA. Vic had four adored grandchildren, Kayla Charles, Andrew and Caitlyn Downey, and Amber Van Sickle; and numerous nieces, nephews and cousins. He will be missed by many friends and colleagues in the music industry. Continue reading
Former Member. Violin
7/26/1918 – 7/12/2017
by Krys Newman
Surrounded by loving friends, Dixie Blackstone Eger, born July 26, 1918, passed away on July 12, 2017, just shy of her 99th birthday. Continue reading
Harold (Hershey) Bell
Life Member. Trumpet
11/10/1924 – 7/9/2017
Survived by spouse
William S. Bryson
Life Member. Guitar
11/10/1946 – 4/30/2017
Survived by spouse
Aeros DeAnda Pierce
Piano
10/30/1948 – 6/14/2017
Survived by spouse
Joseph ‘Teddy Haynes’ Preciado
Life Member. Guitar
12/31/1923 – 7/8/2017
Survived by spouse & child
Isabelle Daskoff Samuels, with principal cellist of the New York Philharmonic, Laszlo Varga, February 4, 2009. (Photo by J. Kessler)
Life Member. Violin
6/4/1922 – 7/20/2017
Isabelle Daskoff was born in Illinois, but moved to Los Angeles when she was a child. (Her mother hoped that Isabelle and her sister, Bernardine, would become child movie stars.)
After graduation from UCLA, Isabelle moved back east, where she married Ralph Samuels, a noted photographer from Manchester, England. She was a longtime member of the New York City Opera Orchestra.
Relocating to Los Angeles in the early ’70s, Isabelle was active in the orchestras of the recording, motion picture and television industries, and in symphonic concerts. For many years, until her retirement, she was a member of the orchestra of The Simpsons.
Services for Isabelle will be held at 10 a.m. on Friday, July 28, 2017, at Hillside Memorial Park, 6001 W. Centinela Ave. Los Angeles CA 90045.
William Heffernan
Life Member. Violin
1/5/1920 – 5/22/2017
Survived by spouse
Evelyn Roberts (Freeman)
Life Member. Piano
2/13/1919 – 5/5/2017
Survived by grandson
Norman C. Zix
Life Member. Piano
11/21/1929 – 5/22/2017
Survived by son & family