Robert Drasnin

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Robert Jackson Drasnin (November 17, 1927 – May 13, 2015) was an American composer and clarinet player.

Robert Drasnin was born on November 17, 1927, in Charleston, West Virginia. At an early age Drasnin was interested in the Clarinet so he took lessons but when his family moved to Los Angeles he wasn't able to start until 1938.^{[clarification needed]} He attended Franklin Avenue Grammar School in East Hollywood and then Thomas Starr King Junior High and eventually Los Angeles High School in which he joined the American Federation of Musicians. Drasnin joined the United States Army after graduation and served during the Korean War.^[1]

Dionysus Records announced that Robert Drasnin died on May 13, 2015.

Robert Drasnin died Wednesday, May 13, 2015 at Providence Tarzana Medical Center, in Tarzana, Los Angeles neighborhood, California. He was 87. Death was due to complications from a recent fall.