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Clarence Clemons
1942–2011
American saxophonist (1942–2011)
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Biography
Clarence Anicholas Clemons Jr., also known as The Big Man, was an American saxophonist. From 1972 until his death in 2011, he was the saxophonist for Bruce Springsteen and The E Street Band.
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The story of Clarence Clemons, told in moments.
Joined Bruce Springsteen's E Street Band. The story goes that he walked into a bar where Springsteen was playing, the door blew off its hinges in the wind, and the two locked eyes. "I'd been waiting for him my whole life."
Hit single "You're a Friend of Mine" with Jackson Browne. He also played saxophone on Aretha Franklin's "Freeway of Love."
Died at 69 from complications of a stroke. They called him the Big Man. On stage with the E Street Band, he earned it every night for 39 years.
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The Republicans in Congress will go after you.
d Tanzania were bombed in August 1998. "What do you think will happen if you lose another embassy?" Clarke asked. "The Republicans in Congress will go after you." "First of all, I didn't lose these...
What do you think will happen if you lose another embassy?
Albright several months after the U.S. embassies in Kenya and Tanzania were bombed in August 1998. "What do you think will happen if you lose another embassy?" Clarke asked. "The Republicans in...
I cannot, of course, return to the Communist Czechoslovakia as I would be arrest...
lied for political asylum, arguing that as an opponent of Communism, he was under threat in Prague. Korbel stated "I cannot, of course, return to the Communist Czechoslovakia as I would be arrested...
My deepest regret from my years in public service is the failure of the United S...
id for a second term, despite his overwhelming base of support. She was successful in blocking him. Albright wrote: "My deepest regret from my years in public service is the failure of the United...
the entire operation had strengthened Albright's hand in the competition to be S...
rance, forcing it to back down and accept Kofi Annan as the next secretary-general. In his memoirs, Clarke said that "the entire operation had strengthened Albright's hand in the competition to be...
If we have to use force, it is because we are America; we are the indispensable ...
versed his decision to halt arms inspections. In an interview on The Today Show, February 19, 1998, Albright said "If we have to use force, it is because we are America; we are the indispensable...
probably the most effective one-liner in the whole administration's foreign poli...
"Frankly, this is not cojones. This is cowardice." The line endeared her to President Clinton, who said it was "probably the most effective one-liner in the whole administration's foreign policy"....
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