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Jazz Musician Esbjorn Svensson Dies In Scuba Diving Accident

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Jazz Musician Esbjorn Svensson Dies In Scuba Diving Accident

Acclaimed jazz musician Esbjorn Svensson has died in a scuba diving accident in Sweden at the age of 44.

The musician was part of the Esbjorn Svensson Trio, known as EST, a group that helped bring the music genre to a much wider and younger audience.

Burkhard Hopper, EST's manager, said that Svensson died on Saturday (June 14th) at Stockholm's archipelago.

"Musically, he was the light that lit the world because in what he did he was pushing boundaries," Mr Hopper told the Reuters news agency.

"His music inspired people in all corners of the world."

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