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    Rachmaninov: 15 facts about the great composer

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    14. Final recital

    By the time of his final tour in 1943 Rachmaninov was already seriously ill. It seems almost prophetic that his final recital on 17 February 1943 included Chopin’s famous funeral march. He died of melanoma a month later in Beverly Hills, four days before his 70th birthday.

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