Oscar Peterson Dies at 82

A report, carried from The Canadian Press, that pianist Oscar Peterson had died of kidney failure at his home in Mississauga, Ontario, at the age of 82.

It summarized his career from the clubs of 1950s Montreal to Carnegie Hall, his eight Grammy Awards including a lifetime achievement award in 1997, his appointment as a Companion of the Order of Canada and the Canada Post stamp issued in his honor in 2005, and noted that he recorded close to 200 albums and played with Louis Armstrong, Count Basie, Charlie Parker, Duke Ellington, Dizzy Gillespie and Ella Fitzgerald, among others.

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