Legendary Chicago Blues Guitarist Otis Rush Dies at 84

Legendary Chicago Blues Guitarist Otis Rush Dies at 84
Otis Rush performing at Notodden bluesfestival, Norway, in 1997. (Svein M Agnalt [CC BY-SA 3.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0)] from Wikimedia Commons)
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CHICAGO—Legendary Chicago blues guitarist Otis Rush, whose passionate, jazz-tinged music influenced artists from Carlos Santana and Eric Clapton to the rock band Led Zeppelin, died Saturday at the age of 84, his longtime manager said.

Rush succumbed to complications from a stroke he suffered in 2003, manager Rick Bates said.