Willis Conover, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
TweetWillis Conover
American radio producer
Date of Birth: 18-Oct-1920
Place of Birth: Buffalo, New York, United States
Date of Death: 17-May-1996
Profession: radio personality
Nationality: United States
Zodiac Sign: Libra 
About Willis Conover
- Willis Clark Conover, Jr.
- (December 18, 1920 – May 17, 1996) was a jazz producer and broadcaster on the Voice of America for over forty years.
- He produced jazz concerts at the White House, the Newport Jazz Festival, and for movies and television.
- By arranging concerts where people of all races were welcome, he is credited with desegregating Washington D.C.
- nightclubs.
- Conover is credited with keeping interest in jazz alive in the countries of Eastern Europe through his nightly broadcasts during the Cold War.
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