VIENNA , Sept. 11 (UPI) -- Jazz pianist Joe Zawinul has died in a hospital in his native Vienna, the BBC reported Tuesday. He was 75.

UPI Almanac for Wednesday, Aug. 29, 2007.

DETROIT, Dec. 13 (UPI) -- Singer Aretha Franklin has announced that she is launching a national musical production based on "Aretha: From These Roots." The traveling production will tell the R&B and gospel singer's story of growing up in Detroit in her father's church, her trouble

Today is Tuesday, Aug. 29, the 241st day of 2006 with 124 to follow.

PALM SPRINGS, Calif., July 3 (UPI) -- Irvin Green, who co-founded Mercury Records and helped launch black recording artists through a jukebox network, has died in Palm Springs, Calif.

Today is Monday, Aug. 29, the 241st day of 2005 with 124 to follow.

SILVER SPRING, Md., Aug. 22 (UPI) -- Jazz bassist Keter Betts, who helped introduce the bossa nova to the United States, has died, it was reported Monday. He was 77.

SILVER SPRING, Md., Aug. 10 (UPI) -- Jazz bassist Peter "Keter" Betts has died at his Silver Spring, Md., home at age 77, it was reported Wednesday.

Today is Sunday, Aug. 29, the 242nd day of 2004 with 124 to follow.