Times Colonist

Bassist dies during concert

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ATLANTA — Jane Little, an Atlanta Symphony Orchestra bassist whose career spanned a worldrecor­d 71 years with a single orchestra, has died at age 87 after collapsing onstage during a performanc­e. Little collapsed Sunday during a performanc­e of There’s No Business Like Show Business, the orchestra said.

The bassist was recognized by Guinness World Records for the longest profession­al tenure with a single orchestra this year when she performed Feb. 4. That was 71 years to the day since her first concert with the group’s forerunner, the Atlanta Youth Symphony Orchestra.

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