Posted on Sunday, June 15, 2008 10:20 PM
De Zweedse pianist Esbjörn Svensson is dit weekend omgekomen bij een duikongeval. Hij werd 44 jaar oud.
UPDATE: derstandard.at
UPDATE 15-06 22:29:
Een ruwe engelse vertaling uit het zweeds: The jazz musician Esbjörn Svensson is
dead.Published by Rapport, Public Television News BroadCast Program -
15 of June 19:05 CETThe Sedish jazz musician Esbjörn Svensson, 44
years old, died during a dive accident yesterday outside of Värmdö
near Stockholm.He was in a company persuing a dive session at
Björkviks jetty/landing stage under supervision of a dive-leader when
at sudden he was found severly injured at the bottom. His life was
beyond rescue. The police will investigate the cause of the event.The
announcment of the death came as a chock for Bengt Säve-Söderbergh,
chairman of th Swedish Jazz Society: -He was a big name way outside
the boarders of Sweden.The years of 1995 and 1996 Esbjörn Svenssons
was selected the jazz musician of the year in Sweden.
UPDATE 16-06 7:16, van allaboutjazz.com:
Swedish jazz musician Esbjörn Svensson, 44 years old, died during a diving accident yesterday outside of Vrmdö near Stockholm.
He was in a company of divers on Saturday June 14th at a Swedish jetty/landing stage under supervision of a dive-leader when he was found severely injured at the bottom. Resuscitation was unsuccessful. The police will investigate the cause of Svensson's death. The announcement of the death came as a shock for the chairman of the Swedish Jazz Society: “He was a big name way outside of Sweden."