NEWPORT, R.I.—Michael Renzi, who during a storied musical career worked with Peggy Lee, Mel Tormé, Lena Horne, and some of the other biggest names in jazz and pop, and who for years was also the musical director of “Sesame Street,” has died. He was 80.
Renzi died Wednesday at Newport Hospital in Rhode Island after a short illness, according to Memorial Funeral Homes.
