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person_profile-Bernie Worrell

Bernie Worrell Died at age: 72

Actor | Producer

Fullname:

Bernie Worrell

Date of Birth:

Apr 19, 1944

Country of birth:

USA

Died:

Jun 24, 2016

Biography of

Bernie Worrell

    George Bernard Worrell, Jr. was an American musician and record producer. Born in Long Branch, New Jersey, Worrell was a child musical prodigy. He later studied at the Juilliard School and received a degree from the New England Conservatory of Music in 1967. After meeting George Clinton, frontman of the Parliaments, Worrell relocated with them and their backing band, the Funkadelics, to Detroit, Michigan; both groups became collectively known as Parliament-Funkadelic. Worrell co-wrote and played piano and synthesizers on many of their recordings, as well as writing horn and rhythm arrangements. In the 1980s, Worrell performed and recorded with Talking Heads, appearing on the live album The Name of This Band Is Talking Heads, the studio album Speaking in Tongues, and in the band's concert film, Stop Making Sense. In 2016, the New England Conservatory of Music awarded Worrell an honorary Doctor of Music degree. Worrell died at his home in Everson, Washington, on June 24, 2016, at the age of 72, from a combination of prostate cancer, liver cancer and lung cancer.

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Bernie Worrell

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Filmography of

Bernie Worrell

Found 11 Movies in total

Ricki and the Flash

Billy ( Actor )

... 2015

Finding the Funk

Self ( Actor )

... 2014

Beware of Mr. Baker

Self ( Actor )

... 2012

... 2005

Moog

Self ( Actor )

... 2004

Rising Low

Himself ( Actor )

... 2002

... 1988

Stop Making Sense

Self - Keyboards ( Actor )

Original Music Composer

... 1984

Talking Heads: Capitol Theatre

Self - Keyboards ( Actor )

... 1980

... 1976

Storytelling Giant

Himself ( Actor )

... -0001