Celebrated American cellist and pedagogue Leonard Rose died on this day in 1984 from leukemia – aged 66.
His famed students included: Yo-Yo Ma, Lynn Harrell, Matt Haimovitz, Fred Sherry and Myung-wha Chung.
He served as Principal Cellist of the NBC Symphony Orchestra, The Cleveland Orchestra and the New York Philharmonic and held a teaching position at The Juilliard School