Good News in History, August 1925 years ago today, Leonard Bernstein conducted his final concert, performing Beethoven’s Seventh Symphony at Tanglewood. He suffered a coughing fit during the concert and two months later announced his retirement. He died of a heart attack five days after, at 72 years old. During his funeral procession through Manhattan, construction workers removed their hats to honor the prodigious musician and composer of West Side Story, yelling, "Goodbye, Lenny." Bernstein is buried in Brooklyn, NY with a copy of Mahler's Fifth lying across his heart. (1990)
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