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Washington blues legend Napoleon "Nap" Turner Jr., a radio institution as well as a fixture on the live music scene, has died from liver disease. He was 73. Turner died June 17 at George Washington Hospital, the Washington Post reported Friday. Turner, who grew up in Washington's Shaw neighbor- hood, started his music career as a blues bass player and then became known for his signature baritone voice, which led Turner to a radio career. For two decades on Pacifica Radio's WPFW-FM, Washington, Turner could be heard on the popular Saturday program "The Bama Hour," where he featured blues, jazz and R&B music and honed his storytelling skills. Turner struggled with drug addiction from the 1950s through the 1970s, a period in which he was jailed and hospitalized several times for drug dealing and abusing heroin. Survivors include his wife, Gloria Turner of Fort Washington, Md.; two sons from another relationship, Gerald Turner of Alexandria, Va., and Leonard Turner-Flowers of Frederick, Md.; seven grandchildren; and five great-grandchildren.
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