Bassist dies during concert
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.