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Jim Beard, Steely Dan Keyboardist, Dead at 63

The musician died from complications due to a sudden illness.

The musician, best known as the keyboardist for Steely Dan, died on Saturday in a New York City hospital from complications due to a sudden illness, Deadline reports. The Pennsylvania-born Beard moved to New York in 1985, kicking off a career that saw him perform around the world with Steely Dan, Pat Metheny, John McLaughlin and Wayne Shorter. Beard's writing was used in television, movies and radio call signals, and his piano playing can be heard in major Hollywood film scores.

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