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Local Dance Legend Passes Away
Local Dance Legend Passes Away - Sunday, December 23, 2007 at 3:00PM EST
Reported by: Eric Deabill
Sunday, Dec 23, 2007 @03:00pm EST
WILKES-BARRE, LUZERNE COUNTY- A local dance legend has died. 78-year-old David Blight passed away early Sunday morning at Wilkes-Barre General Hospital.
Blight founded the David Blight School of Dance. He began dancing at the age of 4 and was teaching dance by the age of 11.
Other than dance Blight was also a musician. He starred in the 1966 movie "Jimmy, the Boy Wonder" and also spent two years in the Army.
David Blight is survived by a brother, three children, and several grandchildren.
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