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Name	Horace Andrew Dargie
Born	17 July, 1917 Footscray, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Died	30 August, 1999 (aged 82) Campbelltown, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Cause of Death	emphysema
Related Entries	[View as tree] Dargie, William Alexander (brother)
Education *	Footscray Technical College (Melbourne) (student, 1929-1932)
Occupation or Descriptor *	composer (1937-1999) Australia harmonica player (1937-1999) Australia music teacher (1940-1942) New South Wales, Australia soldier (1942-1947) Federal, Australia television entertainer (1959-1996) New South Wales, Australia television producer (1959-1996) New South Wales, Australia
Military Service *	World War II (musician, 1942-1947)
Awards	Australian Recording Industry Association Hall of Fame (recipient, 1996)
Key Organisations *	Australian Broadcasting Corporation (musician, 1937-1938)
Workplaces *	Horrie Dargie Harmonica School (Sydney) (founder) Channel 9 TV station (employee, 1959)

* Dates are approximate

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