Hal Willner, 'SNL' Music Producer, Dies at 64 From Coronavirus

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Rest in peace, Hal Willner.

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In the music industry, Willner was best known for producing genre-blending tribute albums, but also worked with everyone from Lou Reed to Marianne Faithfull.

He won his GRAMMY in 2004 for Best Contemporary Jazz Album for his work producing Bill Frisell's record,Willner was hired as SNL's sketch music producer in 1981 and also worked on Lorne Michael's short-lived musical offshoot,."In a weird way, I did do everything that I set out to do moving to New York," Willner said in a

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