Music producer Hal Willner Dies of COVID-19 at 64

The coronavirus scare has kept the world in horror as several new cases have emerged and it has left the people in a shock. Meanwhile, there has been a rise in deaths as well. Recently, music producer Hal Willner, who for decades selected the music used in 'Saturday Night Live' sketches, died Tuesday, one day after his 64th birthday. 

Willner reportedly showed symptoms consistent with those caused by COVID-19.

He took to his Twitter handle on March 28 and informed that he was suffering from COVID-19. "I always wanted to have a number one - but not this," he wrote alongside a map that shows New York as the epicenter of the coronavirus crisis in the U.S., adding: "In bed on upper west side."

For the unversed, Willner began his work at SNL in 1980 and was also a multifaceted presence in the music community, earning fans and drawing critical praise for his work as a live event and record producer.

Born in Philadelphia in 1956, Willner moved to New York in 1974 to work under record producer Joel Dorn. In 1980, he would release Amarcord Nino Rota, a tribute album to Italian compose Nino Rota that featured playing from Wynton and Branford Marsalis, Bill Frisell, Steve Lacy, Ron Carter and more.

Willner had been the sketch music producer for Saturday Night Live since 1981. His name also appears in production credits for albums by Lou Reed, Marianne Faithfull, Bill Frisell, Lucinda Williams, Allen Ginsberg and more.

Most recently, Willner had been attached to a T. Rex Tribute album featuring contributions from the likes of U2, Foo Fighters, Elton John, Joan Jett, Nick Cave, Perry Farrell, Soft Cell, Kesha and Børns.

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