October 24, 2002

• Death of a Chieftain

  
  

  New York Times, Oct. 24:

  
  

  Derek Bell, Harpist of the Chieftains, 66, Is Dead

  
  
  
  
  
  

  Derek Bell rehearsing for a 1998 St. Patrick’s Day concert in New York.

  “Derek Bell, the versatile harpist with The Chieftains, one of the most celebrated Irish traditional bands, died on Oct. 15 in his hotel in Phoenix. He was 66 and lived in Belfast.”

  
  

  In honor of Bell, this site’s music is,

  
  

  for the time being,

  
  

  the following classic tune by Turlough O’Carolan,

  
  

  

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