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- Died
- Birth nameRaphael Griffin Revenscroft
- Nicknames
- Earl
- Raf
- Raphael Ravenscroft was born on June 4, 1954 in Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, England, UK. He was a composer and actor, known for Double X: The Name of the Game (1992), Crossroads (1964) and The Diamond Queen (2012). He died on October 19, 2014 in Exeter, Devon, England, UK.
- Spouses? (divorced)?(? - 2009) (divorced)? (divorced, 1 child)
- Played the saxophone on Gerry Rafferty's song "Baker Street".
- He worked with Pink Floyd, Abba, and Marvin Gaye. Later in life, he worked as a session musician for Daft Punk and Duffy.
- In 1990 he published a successful instruction book, "The Complete Saxophone Player". He was a music tutor at York College.
- No relation to Thurl Ravenscroft, despite a popular misconception.
- I'm irritated because it's out of tune. Yeah, it's flat. By enough of a degree that it irritates me at best. [remarking on his iconic sax solos in "Baker Street", in a 2011 radio interview]
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