The death has been reported of David Cripps, principal horn of the London Symphony Orchestra in the glory years, 1974-1983. He played under Andre Previn and Claudio Abbado, was the first to plerform John Williams’s horn theme in Star Wars and was proudest of a tour with Abbado in which he played the Mahler 5 opening every night and never cracked.
David spent his later years in Tucson, Arizona, where he died of cancer.
He lives on in hundreds of recordings.
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