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Jazzman Svensson, 44, dies in accident

Swedish jazz pianist and composer Esbjorn Svensson, who helped break genre boundaries and attracted a young audience outside the traditional jazz scene, died in a scuba diving accident on Saturday, his manager said.

Burkhard Hopper, manager of the Esbjorn Svensson Trio e.s.t., said Svensson, 44, died on Saturday in Sweden's Stockholm archipelago.