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Obituary: Bobby Robinson, Harlem record man

John Broven, Now Dig This, February 2011

MORGAN CLYDE "Bobby" Robinson, the longtime Harlem record man and record shop owner, died on January 7, 2011, at the grand age of 93 while having a check-up at the local Mount Sinai Medical Center. He was born in Union, S.C., on April 16, 1917.

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