Lawrence Leathers, renowned jazz drummer, found dead at age 37



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The noted jazz drummer Lawrence Leathers was found dead in front of a Bronx apartment.

Police said Leathers, 37, was found Sunday in a stairwell in front of the apartment he shared with 41-year-old Lisa Harris.

Police said Leathers was involved in a physical conflict with Harris and a man. They say that Harris hit him and that the 28-year-old man, Sterling Aguilar, of Brooklyn, placed him in a choking.

Leathers was declared dead on the scene.

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Harris and Aguilar were arrested Monday on charges of assault. It was not clear if they had lawyers.

Leathers, from Lansing, Michigan, has worked on two Grammy Award-winning Cecile McLorin Salvant albums, which posted a link on Leathers on Instagram.

Drummer E.J. Strickland remembered Leathers on Instagram as "one of the most musical, swingers and the most honest drummers out there."

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