Jazz giant Freddie Hubbard dies

Hubbard made more than 300 records in his 50-year career

Influential jazz trumpeter Freddie Hubbard has died in Los Angeles, his manager has confirmed. ..BBC

(CNN) -- Grammy-winning trumpeter Freddie Hubbard, a leading figure in jazz during a five-decade career, has died at age 70, about a month after suffering a heart attack, his publicist said Tuesday.
 

Hubbard died Monday morning in Sherman Oaks, California, outside Los Angeles, after a long battle with heart disease, spokesman Don Lucoff told CNN. He had been hospitalized since suffering a heart attack the day before Thanksgiving and took a turn for the worse last week, Lucoff said.