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Dick Leaver Pepper (24 June 1889 – 15 October 1962) was a musician, actor, and writer for the
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Life

Born in
Putney Putney () is a district of southwest London, England, in the London Borough of Wandsworth, southwest of Charing Cross. The area is identified in the London Plan as one of 35 major centres in Greater London. History Putney is an ancient paris ...
, Pepper was the son of Will C. Pepper, founder of a long-running concert party called the White Coons, and the older brother of
Harry S. Pepper Harry Stephen Pepper (27 August 1891 – 26 June 1970) was a British pianist, songwriter, composer, actor, and BBC producer, whose career stretched from Edwardian era seaside entertainments to BBC television in the 1950s. Life Born at Putney,'' ...
."Dick Leaver Pepper", in Uli Heier, Rainer E. Lotz, ''The Banjo on Record: A Bio-discography'', p. 346 His middle name of Leaver came from his mother, whose name was Annie Leaver before her marriage. Brought up by his father as an entertainer, Pepper picked up the banjo from those around him in the White Coons, and he also trained as a cinematograph operator. In the 1930s, he formed the "Kentucky Banjo Team" with
Joe Morley Joe Morley (December 3, 1867 in Kinver, South Staffordshire, England – September 16, 1937 in London) was a British classic banjoist who achieved great fame and renown in his homeland and abroad. During his lifetime, he composed hundreds of ...
and Tarrant Bailey, for a BBC Home Service radio programme called ''The Kentucky Minstrels''. In April 1934, he contributed an article to '' Radio Times'' on "Minstrels and Banjo-playing". He went on to become a writer for the BBC. In 1925, Pepper married Eva C. Fazan. He died at Ashford Hospital, Stanwell, on 15 October 1962, aged 73, leaving an estate worth £9,212. At the time of his death he was living at Little Prouton, 93 Chertsey Lane, Staines, Middlesex. His widow was still living there when she died in 1968.''
The London Gazette ''The London Gazette'' is one of the official journals of record or government gazettes of the Government of the United Kingdom, and the most important among such official journals in the United Kingdom, in which certain statutory notices are ...
'' dated 7 January 1969
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Pepper, Dick Leaver 1889 births 1962 deaths English banjoists