We recently received the following message from NAMM’s Dan Del Fiorentino:
Mary Henkin passed away on May 30 in Elkhart at the age of 87.
She was well known in the band and orchestra business as the hostess with the most-est. Along with her husband, Danny, they put on extravagant parties that were still talked about 30 years later. However, what many may not know is that she was half owner of all of her husband’s musical instrument company endeavors. At the peak of their careers in the industry, they owned 26 music companies including CG Conn, Armstrong Flutes, King Band Instruments and Slingerland Drums. The couple were married in 1956 while Danny was working as the ad manager for G. Leblanc.
To view a clip of Henkin’s 2012 NAMM Oral History interview, click here: www.namm.org/library/oral-history/mary-henkin
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