Jan 13, 2012 | About.com
Texas Boogie-Woogie King Omar Sharriff, R.I.P.
Shreveport, Louisiana television station KTBS is reporting on its website that Texas blues pianist Omar Shariff passed away on Sunday, January 8, 2012 at the age of 73 years old, evidently from a self-inflicted gunshot wound.
Legendary ArkLaTex musician found dead Sunday
That grim discovery came early Sunday morning at a home in the 700 block of Spring Street in Marshall, Texas.
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