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Name	Graeme Emerson Bell
Born	7 September, 1914 Richmond, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Died	13 June, 2012 (aged 97)
Related Entries	[View as tree] Bell, Elizabeth Galloway (wife) Bell, Roger Emerson (brother)
Education *	Scotch College (Melbourne) (student, 1929-1930)
Occupation or Descriptor *	band master/leader (1935-1953) Victoria, Australia pianist (1935-1953) Victoria, Australia band master/leader (1953-2000) New South Wales, Australia composer (1953-1990) New South Wales, Australia pianist (1953-2000) New South Wales, Australia music publisher (1954-1990) New South Wales, Australia
Awards	Member of the Order of the British Empire (recipient, 1978) Officer of the Order of Australia (recipient, 1990) ARIA Hall of Fame (inductee, 1997) J. C. Williamson Award (Live Performance Australia) (recipient, 2006)
Legacies *	Bell Award (eponym)
Key Organisations *	Australian Jazz Band (founder, ?-1953) Graeme Bell All Stars (founder, 1962)

* Dates are approximate

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