Van Cliburn

Dead

Born: 7/12/1934 in Shreveport, Louisiana, USA
Died: 2/27/2013
Age: 78
Cause of death: bone cancer

Full name: Harvey Lavan Cliburn,Jr.
Noted For: classical pianist; won the first International Tchaikovsky Competition in Moscow (1958); works include Tchaikovsky's Piano Concerto No. 1 (1958).