NEW YORK (CNN) — Famed violinist Isaac Stern died Saturday. He was 81.
“Stern did pass away today,” said Maria Dolce, an administrator at New York Hospital – Cornell Medical Center.
During more than half a century as a professional musician, Stern appeared on concert stages around the world and served as a mentor to many young musicians.
Born in Kreminiecz, Ukraine in 1920, he came to the United States at 10 months of age after his parents fled the Russian Revolution in 1921.
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