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He was 94 and died at his Brooklyn home this morning, Spike confirmedto the New YorkTimes.
Bill Lee played double bass in jazz groups in Atlanta and Chicago before moving to New York in 1959.
There, he began working as a sideman, along with recording his own albums.
Bill Lee also had roles in all of the features exceptDo the Right Thing.
He doesnt write like that, Spike said with a laugh.
He just wrote it for … forever!
