Louis Milton Teicher (pronounce as TIE-cher; August 24, 1924 – August 3, 2008) was an American piano player, half of the piano duo

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. "No one was more blessed than I to have Lou Teicher as my best friend since we met at the

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at the ages of 9 and 6. Although we were two individuals, at the twin pianos our brains worked as one. Lou was certainly one of the world's most gifted pianists. I will miss him dearly and as pianists it's ironic how we both ended up living on keys," his longtime partner Arthur Ferrante, who lived on

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, said in a statement at the time of Teicher's death. Ferrante subsequently died on September 19, 2009. Teicher was born in

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to a

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family. He became a resident of

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, aged 83. He was survived by his wife, Betty, as well as his former wife, Elaine Sutin, a professional violinist with both the

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and the Sutton Ensemble, and three children, Richard, Susan and David, and four grandchildren.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Teicher, Louis Milton Easy listening musicians 1924 births 2008 deaths American classical pianists Male classical pianists American male pianists Classical piano duos Juilliard School alumni People from Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey 20th-century classical pianists 20th-century American pianists 20th-century American male musicians