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- Birth nameDonald Vernon Burrows
- Don Burrows was born on August 8, 1928 in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. He was a composer and actor, known for Fluteman (1982), Two Thousand Weeks (1969) and Death of a Soldier (1986). He died on March 12, 2020 in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
- He was awarded the M.B.E. (Member of the Order of the British Empire) in the 1972 Queen's Birthday Honours List for his services to Music.
- Well-known Australian jazz musician/composer. Formed the Don Burrows Quartet and plays clarinet to international renown.
- He was awarded the A.O. (Officer of the Order of Australia) in the 1987 Queen's Birthday Honours List for his services to music in Australia.
- He was awarded the Queen Elizabeth Silver Jubilee Medal in 1977 for his services to music.
- He founded the jazz studies program at the New South Wales Conservatorium of Music in 1973.
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