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Pharoah Sanders, the influential jazz saxophonist credited for extensive work alongside John Coltrane in the 1960s, passed away at the age of 81.

Legendary jazz saxophonist Pharoah Sanders has died, a representative from his music label Luaka Bop confirmed on Saturday.

Oscar winner Louise Fletcher has died at age 88. Fletchers agent tells The Associated Press Friday that she died at her home in France. She was 88. Fletcher set a

Sanders, revered as one of the avant-garde's greatest tenor saxophonists, was a member of John Coltrane's final quartet. His expressive playing laid a path for generations of musicians.

Pharoah Sanders, the influential tenor saxophonist revered in the jazz world for the spirituality of his work, has died, his record label announced. He was 81.

LOS ANGELES -- Little Rock-born Pharoah Sanders, the legendary jazz saxophonist perhaps best known for his transcendent work with John Coltrane and for a solo run for Impulse Records beginning in the mid-1960s, and who helped define the so-called spiritual jazz movement, has died. He was 81.

Pharoah Sanders, the revered tenor saxophonist known to the jazz world for the spirituality of his work, has died. He was 81.

Sanders was famous for his work alongside John Coltrane and his lengthy masterwork The Creator Has a Master Plan.

Pharoah Sanders, cosmic jazz saxophonist, dead at 81

Pharoah Sanders, one of the most wildly inventive figures in jazz who wrestled his saxophone to its limits and felt equally at home in Indian and African music, died Saturday. He was 81.