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Also Known As Thelonious Sphere Monk
Born October 10, 1917 • Rocky Mount • North Carolina
Died February 17, 1982 (aged 64) • Englewood • New Jersey
Awards And Honors Pulitzer Prize • Grammy Award (1993)
Movement / Style Modernism • bebop • jazz

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