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Chet Baker
The Library of Congress recently acquired a cache of rare Chet Baker (1929–1988) materials. On display is a promotional card of a Baker appearance on French television with the French message, "For I have nothing to offer other than my music." Also shown is an undated, false-alarm suicide note detailing Baker's descent into self-destruction. He later died under mysterious circumstances when his body was found in the street below his hotel room in Amsterdam. |