{"id":12908,"date":"2013-08-01T15:35:17","date_gmt":"2013-08-01T22:35:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nobleviola.com\/?p=12908"},"modified":"2013-08-01T15:35:17","modified_gmt":"2013-08-01T22:35:17","slug":"seattle-cellist-toby-saks-has-died","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nobleviola.com\/wordpress\/2013\/08\/01\/seattle-cellist-toby-saks-has-died\/","title":{"rendered":"seattle cellist toby saks has died"},"content":{"rendered":"<blockquote><p>Toby Saks, founder of the Seattle Chamber Music Society and an acclaimed cellist, died early on Thursday (Aug. 1) \u2014 sending waves of shock and grief around the world as music lovers got the news. She was 71 when she lost a short battle with fast-moving pancreatic cancer, a diagnosis she met with bravery and calm.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/seattletimes.com\/avantgo\/2021520938.html\">Seattle Times obit.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Toby Saks, founder of the Seattle Chamber Music Society and an acclaimed cellist, died early on Thursday (Aug. 1) \u2014 sending waves of shock and grief around the world as music lovers got the news. She was 71 when she lost a short battle with fast-moving pancreatic cancer, a diagnosis she met with bravery and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":303,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[1126,153,136,201],"tags":[2438,3427],"class_list":["post-12908","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-cancer","category-cello","category-chamber-music","category-seattle","tag-obituary","tag-toby-saks"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pa8kC-3mc","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":721,"url":"https:\/\/www.nobleviola.com\/wordpress\/2008\/01\/30\/seattle-symphony-loses-star-cellist\/","url_meta":{"origin":12908,"position":0},"title":"seattle symphony loses star cellist","author":"Charles Noble","date":"January 30, 2008","format":false,"excerpt":"UPDATE 1\/31: see the article in the Seattle Times\u00c2\u00a0 Joshua Roman, the young (age 24) principal cellist hired by the Seattle Symphony in 2006, has informed the orchestra that he will not be returning to his position after the current season ends. 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