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David 'Honeyboy' Edwards

The Chicago bluesman, the son of a sharecropper and grandson of a slave, performed with the founders of the art form: Robert Johnson, Charlie Patton, Son House, Tommy McLennan, Sonny Boy Williamson, Big <a class="taxInlineTagLink" id="PESPT007947" title="Joe Williams" href="/topic/sports/joe-williams-PESPT007947.topic">Joe Williams</a>. He was the last of the bluesmen from his generation. He was 96. <a href="http://www.latimes.com/news/obituaries/la-me-honeyboy-edwards-20110830,0,6427236.story"><span class="center_label">Full obituary</span></a><br> <br> <a href="http://www.latimes.com/news/obituaries/la-me-2010notables-gallery,0,7041480.photogallery"><span class="center_label">Notable deaths of 2010</span></a>
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( Joe Brier / McClatchy-Tribune )

The Chicago bluesman, the son of a sharecropper and grandson of a slave, performed with the founders of the art form: Robert Johnson, Charlie Patton, Son House, Tommy McLennan, Sonny Boy Williamson, Big Joe Williams. He was the last of the bluesmen from his generation. He was 96. Full obituary

Notable deaths of 2010

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