Rock star dead at 80: ‘A mentor. A role model. An inspiration’

by Brian Linder

Group picture of the American music group 'Blood, Sweat & Tears'; top: singer Jerry Fisher (with beard and glasses); immediately below Fisher, from the left: saxophonist Jerry LaCroix, trumpeter Tony Klatka, clarinetist Bill Tillmann, and bassist Ron McClure; front row, from the left: keyboardist Larry Willis (with glasses and beard), drummer Bobby Colomby, guitarist George Wadenius, and trumpeter Dave Bargeron- around 1974 (Photo by CBS/ullstein bild via Getty Images)

George Wadenius, best known for his work with Blood, Sweat & Tears in the 1970s as well as the Saturday Night Live Band, has died.

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