Alan 'Mr. Fabulous' Rubin, Blues Brothers Trumpet Player, Dead at 68
Posted on Jun 14th 2011 6:05PM by Cameron Matthews



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Sad news for Blues Brothers fans, as the Los Angeles Times reports that the band's trumpet player, Alan "Mr. Fabulous" Rubin has died Wednesday, June 8. The 68-year-old was suffering from lung cancer and passed away at New York's Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center.

Rubin had played in the 'Saturday Night Live' house band in the 1970s before joining John Belushi and Dan Aykroyd's blues/soul/R&B supergroup. He was often sought after as one of the best session horn players around, recording and performing with Duke Ellington, Blood Sweat and Tears, James Taylor, Billy Joel, Eric Clapton and the Rolling Stones, his wife told the LA Times.

Born in New York in 1943, Rubin began playing the trumpet at the age of 10 and was admitted into the world-renowned Juilliard School of Music when he turned 17. After dropping out at 20, the young trumpeter hit the road with legendary singer Robert Goulet.

He is known as 'Mr. Fabulous' for his role in the 1980 film 'The Blues Brothers' and 1998's 'Blues Brothers 2000' as a head waiter turned suit-adorned hermano of soul. Rubin is survived by his wife, Mary Moreno Rubin, and two siblings, Sharyn Soleimani and Marshall Rubin.

Watch the Blues Brothers Perform 'Almost' Live: http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=Dpw-iotQXGY

http://www.spinner.com/2011/06/14/alan-rubin-blues-brothers-dies/

RIP Mr. Fabulous.