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- Birth nameGeorge Henry Crumb Jr.
- George Crumb was born on October 24, 1929 in Charleston, West Virginia, USA. He was a composer, known for The Exorcist (1973), Death Valley Diary (2003) and For the End of Time (2009). He was married to Elizabeth May Brown. He died on February 6, 2022 in Media, Pennsylvania, USA.
- SpouseElizabeth May Brown(1959 - February 6, 2022) (his death, 3 children)
- Winner of the 1968 Pulitzer Prize for Music and father of actress-singer Ann Crumb and composer David Crumb.
- He received a bachelor's degree from the Mason College of Music and Fine Arts (now part of the University of Charleston). He earned a master's degree in music from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and a doctorate in composition from the University of Michigan.
- His father was a clarinetist and his mother played the cello.
- He was on the faculty of the University of Pennsylvania for over 30 years.
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