Irving Goodman; Big Band Trumpeter
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Irving Goodman, a trumpet player featured in his brother Benny’s band for many years, died Saturday of a heart attack in a Tarzana hospital.
He was 76 and had lived in the San Fernando Valley for more than 40 years.
Born in Chicago, where he received his musical training, he began in the Big Band business in the mid-1930s. He performed with Bunny Berrigan, Tommy and Jimmy Dorsey, Alvino Rey and Charlie Barnett, in addition to his brother, who died in 1986.
Goodman settled in the Los Angeles area in 1947, where he became a studio musician and worked in television, most notably with the David Rose orchestra on “The Red Skelton Show.”
He is survived by his wife, Agnes, a son, John, three brothers, a sister and two grandchildren.
Services will be private.
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