make preferableFamous jazz musician of Armenian origin Avo Uvezian died today at age 91 at his home in Orlando, Florida, Cigaroficionado reported.
Uvezian is an author of famous Frank Sinatra’s “Strangers in the Night”.
Known in the cigar industry for his Avo brands, Uvezian was long a vivacious part of the cigar industry, touring in support of his cigars even at 90 years old, the website said. One pack of AVO cigars is sold from $100 to $500.
Uvezian was born in Beirut. He created a musical group called the Liban Boys in 1945 and went on a tour to Baghdad and Tehran.
In Tehran his band received an invitation from Shah Reza Pahlevi. The band made such an impression on the Shah that he recommended that Uvezian go to America, and personally paid for his trip. In New York he gets married with a daughter of a jeweler but never quits music.
Uvezian launched Avo cigar brand across the U.S. in 1988, and in 1995, Davidoff purchased the distribution rights for the brand.
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