11/09/1986
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"Nancy and I are both saddened by the news of Benny Goodman's death."
"It was a new and uniquely American sound that was as fresh as the land that inspired it."
"Our flag flies free today because of their sacrifice."
"Benny's swing music came to symbolize the new energy of 20th-century America."