1. Don Drummond was a Jamaican ska trombonist and composer.
12 Facts About Don Drummond
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Don Drummond was one of the original members of The Skatalites, and composed many of their tunes.
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In 1966, Drummond was convicted of murdering his 23-year-old lover, Anita "Marguerita" Mahfood.
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Don Drummond was born at the Jubilee Hospital in Kingston, Jamaica, to Doris Monroe and Uriah Don Drummond.
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Don Drummond was educated at Kingston's Alpha Boys School, where he later tutored his younger schoolmate Rico Rodriguez playing the trombone.
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Don Drummond continued playing with big bands into the 1960s at clubs such as the Big Bucket and the Silver Slipper.
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Don Drummond became a household name in Jamaica, before suffering mental health problems.
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Don Drummond reported to the police that Mahfood had stabbed herself, but, in 1966, he was found guilty of her murder.
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Don Drummond was ruled criminally insane and imprisoned at Bellevue Asylum, Kingston, where he remained until his death four years later.
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Heather Augustyn, author of a biography of Don Drummond published in 2013 claimed to have proved that Don Drummond's death was caused by his medications.
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In 2013, a ballet telling the story of Don Drummond's life was performed by the National Dance Theatre Company of Jamaica.
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In 2013 a comprehensive biography of Don Drummond was published by McFarland Publishing.