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HENRY CUESTA December 23, 1931 - December 17, 2003 |
Published in the Los Angeles Times
December 22, 2003
OBITUARIES
Henry Cuesta, 71; Clarinetist Played With Lawrence Welk's Orchestra
By Dennis McLellan, Times Staff Writer
Henry Cuesta, a highly regarded clarinetist best known as a featured musician with the Lawrence Welk Orchestra, has died.
He was 71.
Cuesta, whose technical mastery of the clarinet was often compared to that of Benny Goodman, died of cancer Wednesday at his home in Sherman Oaks.
Cuesta performed with the Lawrence Welk Orchestra on television and in concerts from 1972 to 1982, when Welk's weekly program ended after 27 years on ABC-TV and in syndication.
Welk died at 89 in 1992.
Cuesta later appeared on five Welk tribute specials on public television that used archival segments of the original shows, including co-hosting "A Champagne Toast to the Big Bands." He also hosted two of the weekly Wel